[Lumen Miner (Mitchell)]

Originally Posted by telecasterguru

Mitchell,

The dog is hiding under the bed and I would love to be able to image lightning but can you tell me what a lightning trigger is?

Thanks

Frank

Originally Posted by mithrandir

See the thread this post is in: http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...9&postcount=24

I built mine. It is a simple Photo resistor with a halogen globe reflector over it to direct the light towards the diode.

Works brilliantly in the day time with alot of ambient light. Picks up the faintest flashes.

If the situation allows I would always just set to continuous and take 10 secs frames, but when it is still light out, your limited to under 1 sec exposures even when stopped right down or the lightning gets washed out terribly.


The lightning trigger costs about $5.00 to make. Only downside is you can only make your own easily, if you have a Canon with the mini plug cable trigger port.