
Bloomington MN, 4:00 am 15 March 97.
Kiev-88 80mm f/2.8, 30 second exposure on Tech Pan 120 film.
Notes from Thor’s astrophoto journal:
This picture was taken with a Kiev-88, which is a Russian-made clone of a Hasselblad (a high quality camera that was taken to the moon). It uses the larger size 120 format film. A colleague suggested that this unused camera should be stored in my office instead of his. And since I had no use for it there, I decided I should try it out on one of my comet photo outings.
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