Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Larry, Maybe it is a dumb suggestion, but if you have a certain exposure that worked for you when shooting film, why not just use the same exposure with digital? Nathan Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: > I had given up taking fireworks photos with my P&S digital cameras > because of the long shutter lag. By the time the camera had focused, > set the aperture, and snapped the picture, the fire had long turned to > ash. One of my former clients invited my to view the Macy's 4th of > July fireworks show aboard his 80 ft. yacht anchored in a choice > location in the Hudson River. I've been a good union member for 30 > years but I have never been aboard an 80 ft. yacht so it was an > opportunity I couldn't pass up. Swallowing my egalitarian pride I > accepted his invitation. I hope they serve good caviar with the > champagne as a compensation for my feelings of guilt. > > I will be taking my Oly 500 DSLR. What lens openings and settings > should I use? The Oly lag is pretty short but I'm afraid that the auto > exposure settings will tend to over expose the fireworks in adjusting > for the dark background. With Kodachrome in my M3, I simply set the > lens at f4.0, the shutter at 1/50, and blasted away. Any advice on > fireworks settings? > > Larry Z > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands *Opportunistic Image Acquisition* General photography: http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com http://www.greatpix.eu Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog SUPPORT FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUY DANISH PRODUCTS!