M8 works Space Shuttle Atlantis Roll-Out

[girphoto]

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Hello to all that have responded to my Shuttle images, Today NASA rolled-outShuttle Atlantis to begine its preparation for Launch to the International Space Station on 15 March 2007.

Being a member of the NASA Wire Service Pool, we (5 members) first shot from inside the Vehicle Assembly building stating on floor 5 and going to floor 16.

After the shuttle cleared the doors (about 8:30am EDT. we moved to the roof (about 528 feet up to capture the vista of the shuttle moving the 3.4 miles to the pad.

I used the 15mmf4.5 Heliar for the inside images at ISO1250 set at 4.5 and leaning over the rail (not looking through the viewfinder) . Images 1-3

Image 4 was shot from the roof at ISO 160, daylight -1/3 with my 90f2.8

Image 5 was shot also from the roof at ISO 160 daylight -1/3 with the 15mmf4.5 Heliar at f 8. Images 6-8 were also shot at the smae ISO 160 daylight -1/3.

This is still one of the orignal cameras that came into the US and needs to go to Germany for updating (but I am using it everyday)

I posted the images because of the so many "should I buy one" or did I do the right thing" comments on the Threads.

Just purched the 50mm F 1.5 Nokton (Many thankst o Sean Reid) and will use it Friday during DELTA II rocket with THEMIS payload onboard rollout.

Thanks

Gary

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[arthury]

Luv the textures on the last one ... thanks for sharing!

[jmr]

Gary,

 

great angles and lovely images - thanks for posting.

[carstenw]

I look forward to seeing the DR on the launch shots! Interesting shots.

[wilfredo]

The M8 is really proving itself. Great shots!

 

Wilfredo+

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[thpeters]

Whoow, great picures and great sharpness, I love them all.

 

Next week my M8 is coming...getting excited when I saw your pictures, thanks for sharing.

 

Theo

[dugby]

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Thankyou for sharing the photos....... I wish I could do the same when we have submarine launches over here....

 

Photo number two, seems to have quite strong vertical light banding on the left Shuttle wing.

 

I guess that should get fixed when you "return to sender" the M8....

[comapedrosa]

Where are the 5D's now?

Somehow these files are a darn good illustration of the M8's uniqueness.

[marknorton]

Some of us are old enought to remember when they used to trundle out Saturn V rockets on those tractor things...

 

Enjoyed the pictures...

[james_h]

Great pictures...Pic no 4 really shows the scale of the shuttle..

 

Must be real tough going to work on days like those... what a pleasure..

 

regards

Jim

[ddp]

Where are the 5D's now?

Somehow these files are a darn good illustration of the M8's uniqueness.

 

Not sure how these files set the M8 apart from other digital cameras. I think the M8 has already proved itself a worthy competitor to other top level DSLR's on the market in the right hands. My personal experience with the M8 suggests that the files looked similar to what I know from Leica glass mounted on a Canon DSLR - note that I said SIMILAR.

 

FWIW - the noise levels & shadow details beat what Nikon has out there.

[larry]

Gary,

 

Very nice! I particularly like the B&W shots. Keep posting.

 

Larry

[Guest guy_mancuso]

Interesting I worked in the Aerospace industry for 15 years with commercial and business aircraft including helio's and the Space shuttle and besides these are some nice shots which they are. It still amazes me how after all those years how the hell these things get in the air. I know it is all about power, speed and thrust not to mention lift but man it still is amazing

[spylaw4]

These are great photos - but why were they not posted in the Photo forum? This forum is increasingly getting too many photos in it. Naturally the exception being when they relate to a specific technical problem/point. (Ducks down behind the parapet - :-0 )

[troyfreund]

I agree---what's with all the photo posts in the digital forum??? If you've got pics to share--excellent--post them in the PHOTO FORUM. Is it such a difficult concept?

oy,

Troy

[harmsr]

Great shots & very interesting subject.

 

I love the B&W one with the sign directing to Pad A.

 

Best,

 

Ray

[Guest xxl-user]

thanks for posting those great shots!

 

do you know what camera is used in the space shuttle at the current missions?

 

arnold

[robbegibson]

These are great photos - but why were they not posted in the Photo forum? This forum is increasingly getting too many photos in it. Naturally the exception being when they relate to a specific technical problem/point. (Ducks down behind the parapet - :-0 )

 

Brian,

These photos _do_ illustrate a specific technical point.... That being the M8 works really well! The naysayers would probably not go to the photo forum to figure that out.

 

Robbe

[wparsonsgisnet]

I am one of those who likes seeing these pix here. There continues to be a substantial amount of technical info regarding them.

 

I am one of those users of an M8 who is thinking of a wide Voightlander lens and am very pleased to have this info in one place.

 

I don't think of these shots or of those in similar postings as gallery fodder. They will help me with decisions regarding my M8.

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[charlesphoto99]

Honestly, I'm not really sure what makes these "Leica" shots. Seems there's a lot of justifications going on out there. To my eye they look the same as anything taken with any digital camera. Fine shots really but nothing extraordinary (other than the access). He probably would have been better off with a Canon full frame with a 14mm and a long zoom. I'd rather see the candid shots of crew in a sensitive moment shot at 1.4 under mixed light - the type of shots the Leica was made for. I get the feeling there's some of people out there that are convincing themselves the Leica is magically giving them better shots than before. Sorry, but it's about the photographer and not the camera. In fact, if one isn't used to the ways of a rangefinder, it can give much more ordinary shots than usual (because of lack of depth perception, lack of long or super wide lenses, no close up, lots of focusing/reframing to do, etc). Yes, it's nice to not carry around so much gear, but sometimes certain gear works best in certain situations.