On 11 Jul 2005 at 9:55, Warren Marts wrote: > > It is possible to use a peanut slave in some way to trip an electronic > > shutter? > > I don't know about that, but there is something called a lightning > trigger. Since a single "bolt" of lightning is often ~5 discharges > over several hundred milliseconds, it can trip the shutter and get good > results. > > A quick web search revealed some homemade optical triggers, but the > most sensitive are ones that use radio frequency energy. The only > commerical product I saw mentioned was from lightningtrigger.com > (though their site was not reachable by me at this time ;-( ) A quick > web search will yeild several field accounts from photographers.
Bizar....not even one of the dozens versions of the archived site can be opened: http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.lightningtrigger.com/ Don't tell me this site has been unreacheable for 6 years.... (and still sell their product!....:)) Here a few more notes about this non-site: http://www.phototakers.com/forum/archive/lightning-trigger-16647.htm With the most comprehensive tutorial: http://www.apogeephoto.com/mag3-6/mag3-7l_trig.shtml And 3 more reports: http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/lightning.shtml http://www.f-8andbethere.com/tips/LightningTrigger.htm http://www.hoothollow.com/DefaultLightningTrigger.htm Willem (wondering why none of them mentions the EOS RT, as a cheap solution....;)) Jan -- Bye, Willem-Jan Markerink The desire to understand is sometimes far less intelligent than the inability to understand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [note: 'a-one' & 'en-el'!] * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
