Years ago, when I lived in the mid-west, I tried catching a bolt of lightening on film. No chance! By the time I realized there had been a flash, it was too late. You just have to open the shutter, wait and hope. The darker the scene the better. At least with digital you can delete and try again at no cost except battery drain.
Jack --- On Sat, 6/13/09, Ken Waller <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Ken Waller <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: PESO: Thunderbolt and lightning > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, June 13, 2009, 5:22 PM > He could have been talking about a > camera with an electronic view finder - I've used a Niknon > 5700 with EVF, which was very impractrical to use to capture > actions images - push the release, count 1, 2 - picture > captured. > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Davis" <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: PESO: Thunderbolt and lightning > > > > Recently saw a TV moment featuring a person known for his > lightening/sever storm photos. When asked if he used film or > digital, (his equipment showed an SLR) he explained that he > shoots film, "because there is a shutter lag with digital > which would cause him to miss the lightening bolt." What a > double container! > > Jack > > --- On Sat, 6/13/09, ann sanfedele <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > From: ann sanfedele <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: PESO: Thunderbolt and lightning > > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > > Date: Saturday, June 13, 2009, 7:46 AM > > > > > > Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: > > > > > ann sanfedele <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > >> Momma told me never to go out in a lightning > storm > > with a tripod tho.... > > >> were you hand holding that? > > >> > > > > > > My tripod is made of wood. :-) > > > > > > http://www.berlebach.de/?sprache=english > > > > > > > > >> Was that a keep the shutter open type of > > thing? OR did those bolts come at the same time? > > >> > > > > > > This is one out of a long series of 30 sec > exposures, > > alhough these two > > > strikes happened within fractions of a second. > > > All others were less spectacular or simply > > out-of-frame. > > > > > > Ralf > > > > > aaah... I see ... ok... just another lucky shot then, > > eh? (hope no one things I'm serious saying that!) > > > > It is so beautiful... contest time! > > > > ann > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
