[Leica] Thunderstorm last night

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

> 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.
> 
> 
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I hope you have a 17x22" print of that custom made or make it yourself for
your wall in your living room; plus one for your office.
Most people shoot their whole lifetime and never get a shot half that good.


Mark William Rabiner