Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/15

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Subject: Re: first Slides from 35mm Asph Summilux
From: ROB HEYMAN <rheyman@cynergy.com.au>
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 09:11:59 +1000
 
> don't forget if you close down to darken the sky, you are also going
> to lessen
> the effect of the firefly light.
>
> Not sure what I'd do other than bracket the hell out of the scene with
> quite a
> number of exposures (maybe a few rolls) simply because it sounds like
> a "Hail
> Mary exposure situation."

The only way to accentuate the difference (that I know) between the
fireflies and the ambient light is to wait until the ambient light is
less.The light from the fireflies remains constant, but the background
becomes darker.

Any other solutions?

Rob