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Subject: [OM] Re: Eclipse
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:07:31 -0500
What happened to the red coloration that I normally associate with a 
full lunar eclipse.

Chuck Norcutt

Johnny Johnson wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> Well, I hadn't tried photographing the moon (started to say "shooting 
> the moon" but decided not to risk the abuse <grin>) since the mid 
> seventies.  That was with an OM-1 and a cheap 1200mm telescope.  But 
> the combination of the eclipse last night, the E330 and Zuiko 300/4.5 
> gave me the inspiration to try it again.
> 
> I think that the sweet spot of the 300 is around f11 but I thought 
> that might not work well with the small sensor of the 330 so I used 
> f8 instead.  Live view B was used for all the shots - I  focused 
> using the 10x zoom, took a test shot, downloaded it and checked the 
> focus on the computer screen.  I left the focus at that point and 
> went back to the 1x view for framing the balance of the shots.  I 
> found that the lens will focus past infinity so my adapter may be a bit thin.
> 
> The forecast was for cloudy conditions but things were relatively 
> clear when I first started shooting.  Here's a shot taken at 8:10PM 
> EST when the moon was in the prenumbral stage of the eclipse (1/80 @ f8):
> 
> <http://home.alltel.net/jjohnso4/Eclipse01.jpg>
> 
> As the eclipse progressed light to heavy clouds started moving 
> through.  Even when there weren't visible clouds in front of the moon 
> there was a lot of moisture in the atmosphere that hampered the 
> seeing.  This next shoot was taken at 9:01 PM EST (1/40 @f8):
> 
> <http://home.alltel.net/jjohnso4/Eclipse01.jpg>
> 
> Another shot taken at 9:27PM EST (1/10 @ f8):
> 
> <http://home.alltel.net/jjohnso4/Eclipse11.jpg>
> 
> As totality neared I found that my exposure times were 
> increasing.  Also about this time, the quality of the pictures went 
> to heck.  I need to do some research to refresh my memory as to when 
> blurring due to exposure times becomes a factor when photographing 
> the moon.  There's also the possibility that I bumped the focus ring 
> on the lens and, by this time, the atmosphere was loaded with 
> moisture.  This last shot was at 9:47PM EST (1 sec @ f8):
> 
> <http://home.alltel.net/jjohnso4/Eclipse12.jpg>
> 
> Overall the live view on the E330 was fun to use - maybe a little 
> better than a normal DSLR with a right angle finder. However, during 
> totality I couldn't see the moon on the LCD.  I didn't bother to try 
> the live view boost to see if that would have worked any better.
> 
> Looking back I wish that I had taped the focus ring down once I had 
> infinity focus confirmed.  I also wish that I had tried some higher 
> ISOs than 100 and some bracketed shots for HDR processing.  All in 
> all it was a fun 90 minutes though.
> 
> (Comments on the pictures are welcomed.)
> 
> Later,
> Johnny
> 
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> Johnny Johnson
> Cleveland, GA
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