Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Very good lightning shot. One of the best I have seen. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aram Langhans" <leicar at q.com> To: <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 7:34 PM Subject: [Leica] Thunderstorm last night > Forgive the possible multiple posts, but my last two attempts came back to > me. > > We had a small thunderstorm roll through at dusk yesterday. I have never > seen lightning at this time of the day, where there was still some color > in the sky and clouds, so I thought I'd give it a try. I shot 50 frames > and only caught lightning on two of them. Had the camera (Rebel XTi) set > on sequential exposure, and the shutter at 5 or 8 seconds, and the cable > release clicked on so I did not have to stand there. It would fire one > shot, then write it to disk then fire the next shot. Last time I did this > was with my R8 and motor winder and it worked well. Problem with the > digital Rebel is that after each 5 second exposure it took about 10 > seconds to write the info to the card before it took the next shot. So, I > missed about 66% of the time. And, every time I saw a great bolt, I > looked over to the camera and it was still writing the previous exposure. > Drats. Maybe a 50 D would write faster? I think it has something to do > with the null exposure when using long shutter speeds. Maybe I could turn > that off if I looked at the manual. > > did catch this one, however. > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/misc/-7.jpg.html > > comments and criticism welcome. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >