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Northern Lights - Yukon/Alaska...
Any ideas what exposure should be used for the Northern Lights, with tripod
of course? Film to be used: colour print (ISO 400) and colour transparency (ISO 400). Lens focal length: 28mm, 35mm, 50mm. The camera to be used does not have a spot meter, only full frame averaging. I am guessing f/8 with 1sec - 4 sec, plus or minus one or two stops on either side of this. Can someone reassure or correct me on this? MJL |
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Northern Lights - Yukon/Alaska...
I usually open the aperture right up (F2.8) and shoot 5-30 seconds depending
on the brightness of the aurora. With ISO 400 I would be concentrating around 15 seconds +/-5seconds and throw in the odd longer and shorter exposures. Try to keep notes (not always possible when it's really cold and you only have a short period of auroral activity) so you know what to do next time. A lot of it is trial and error. I initially used faster films but have started using 100 or 200 as the faster films seemed a bit too grainy on the longer exposures. Hope this helps. -- Regards, Dave -- Take out THEDOG to email me. -- http://homepage.ntlworld.com/davidjohnbarnes/ http://www.kidzkargo.co.uk/ http://www.in-and-about.co.uk/ http://www.lamanga-golf.com/ -- "mjlp" wrote in message news:UKIfb.17747$6C4.5486@pd7tw1no... Any ideas what exposure should be used for the Northern Lights, with tripod of course? Film to be used: colour print (ISO 400) and colour transparency (ISO 400). Lens focal length: 28mm, 35mm, 50mm. The camera to be used does not have a spot meter, only full frame averaging. I am guessing f/8 with 1sec - 4 sec, plus or minus one or two stops on either side of this. Can someone reassure or correct me on this? MJL |
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