[Ian Cooper]

I know that most of you astrophotographers are hooked to some form of digital image gathering, but for those of you who haven't tossed all of your film camera gear away there is a verygood film available that gives us all we need re colour.

Fuji Superia Xtra 400 with use-by dates in the 2010-11 range has the red/blue sensitivity just right. I assume that it is marketed in Australia under the same name as it is here in New Zealand.

The 35mm shot is with my Nikor lens and has a bit of cloud in it. The 400mm shot of M 8 - 20 region is at f/6.3.