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From: haapanen@watdcsu.UUCP (Tom Haapanen)
Newsgroups: net.rec.photo
Subject: Photographing Halley's Comet
Message-ID: <1961@watdcsu.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 11-Dec-85 21:07:14 EST
Article-I.D.: watdcsu.1961
Posted: Wed Dec 11 21:07:14 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 12-Dec-85 04:51:39 EST
Reply-To: haapanen@watdcsu.UUCP (Tom Haapanen)
Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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As the Halley's comet is around, and I probably won't be the next time
it is ( :-), I'd like to shoot some pictures.  But, but, but, I have
really no idea as to how to go about this.  Just taking random
pictures with random lenses, film and exposure doesn't seem like a
good idea.

So, what kind of film should I use (I'd prefer slides, but...)?
What about exposure times and apertures?  The lenses I either own or
can borrow include a Canon 100-300/5.6, Tamron 70-200/3.5 and a
Vivitar 75-205/3.8.  I also can use a Vivitar 3x multiplier and a
Makinon (el cheapo) 2x multiplier.  What kind of combination should I
be using to avoid huge grain and massive lack of sharpness?

Thanks for any help.

				   \tom haapanen
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