Hope your efforts pay off finished. J
Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 5, 2015, at 9:08 AM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks Jack. This is one area where film was easier. Just stop down > the lens and put it on B and wait until you get a nice zot or two. > Digital is trying to capture the moment in real time. > This cell was lighting up like a christmas tree, so my strategy was > just to just take one image after another (not on Continuous) for a > minute or two. This is another reason why a tripod is better, you can > see the subject instead of being blind to the moment of exposure due > to the mirror flip-up. I had to chimp to see if I had captured > anything good. > > I've got the parts to build what is supposed to be an > infrared-activate lightning trigger that plugs in like an external > shutter button/intervalometer, but I've yet to dig it out and finish > it to see if it helps at all. The electronics fits inside an old > compact flash body so mounts in the hot shoe. Need to put finishing > that on the To Do list! They sell commercial ones also, but they are > pricey. I don't want one that can only do lightning in the dark, but > will trigger on lightning in daylight also. > > >> On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 10:06 AM, Jack Davis <[email protected]> wrote: >> How long did you have to wait for that flash, Darren? ;) >> Surely, that flash duration helped the shake reduction. >> Really nice catch! >> Best use a carbon fiber rather than a metal tripod. 8( >> >> J >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Darren Addy" <[email protected]> >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, June 5, 2015 7:20:53 AM >> Subject: PESO: Close Encounters of a Kansas Kind >> >> Not thrilled with my first attempt at post-processing this difficult >> image, but gonna share anyway. >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/17833425453/ >> >> This image is a pretty decent example of what Pentax's Shake Reduction >> can do, as it was handheld at 1/6 second. In the future, I'm resolved >> to take the time and put the camera on a tripod so I can use a lower >> ISO (which also would permit longer shutter speeds increasing >> opportunities to capture lightning). >> >> -- >> Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. >> >> -- >> 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. > > > > -- > Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. > > -- > 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.
