My Super 8 setup for Shuttle Endeavour's Last Launch

[Sasounet]

Hi,

Here is a couple of pictures of my Super 8 setup (actually it was super 8 and single 8 ) during Space Shuttle Endeavour launch on may 16th. Needless to say that I was standing out amongst the "cellphone camera" crowd...




Please don't ask me if everything went well because it did not... It was great fun though.

Francois

[slashmaster]

That's the biggest super 8 lens I've ever seen! How come things didn't go well? You didn't knock one over that fence did you?

[cdodkin]

Nice set-up!

I feel your pain - I shot a Shuttle night launch in '99, and ended up with a bunch of blurry cr@p for my trouble.

Still an awe inspiring event to attend though - sorry to see the shuttle coming to the close of it's program.

[aj]

The thing ontop of the Fujica is a (gun?)telescope I suppose. The screw-on lens is to extend the longest focal-length? I suppose it wasn't stable enough . Or the thing toppled at the moment of climax.

I 'filmed' the solar eclipse in turkey, Antalya 2006 29th March on Kodachrome 40. Got some nice images but the film is/wasn't sensitive enough for such occasion, also the shutter and max aperture aren't the best of things. I.e. you can't register the faint outer structures of the corona
Best would be to shoot on color negative and use a camera with B-exposure like NIZO professional, Bauer 512, Leicina special.
A sturdy tripod is essential for long focal length S8 or 35mm still.

Nowadays (and then) there is software for DSLR Canon (and others?) which control the camera from a laptop with Windows which automatically does bracketing and HDR montage of the images. You can have the images ready when back at the hotel.
What http://www.wendycarlos.com/eclipse.html and I did in the photochemical darkroom using circular gradient masks.

[Blue Audio Visual]

What http://www.wendycarlos.com/eclipse.html and I did in the photochemical darkroom using circular gradient masks.

AJ and Wendy Carlos together in a dark room??? 8O

[aj]

I was aware of the implied meaning of that.
Of course I did the experimental printing in my own lab. Alone.

I thought Wendy achieved a lot in Music (TRON scores), Physics and Solar photography. Being female in the 60-ies and 70-ies. Later I learned a bit more on the background from another Solar eclipse chaser.