I've heard leave the shutter open for 2 secs, 5.6 aperture and hope. This
comes out good, so I've been told.
Foxy
>Hello fellow zuikologists,
>
>last night we had a marvellous thunderstorm here in Hamburg. And, as I
>have meanwhile gotten into the habit of pulling out the OM whenever
>something unusual happens, I tried to 'collect' lightning from an attic
>window with my OM2, the 24mm/2.8 and a small tripod. Setting the lens to
>f16 and leaving the camera on auto yielded exposure times of 2-5min on
>100ASA. I did a little bracketing with the exposure compensation dial,
>but the wind was gusty and I feared the camera would get wet in the end
>with all that spray in the air.
>So, does anyone of you have any experience with this sort of
>'flash-photography'? Was it a good idea to use a small aperture to
>collect more lightning, or would the outcome possibly be better by
>opening up a little and concentrating on a single flash?
>Confused,
>Soenke, Hamburg
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