Lightning trigger?

Can only follow your link later. Restricted to local only atm as I download some linux distros for clients. :o
 
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Extremely sensitive optical flash sensor responds to lightning flashes at distances up to 20 miles (day) and 40 miles (night), flash strobes and infrared (remote control) transmitters

Automatic light level sensing daylight to dark - no manual adjustments

Automatic metering system activation available for many cameras to ensure proper exposure and minimum shutter lag time

MOSFET technology provides 4000V isolation between camera and Lightning Trigger

Flash event indicator light included
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Part of me wants to cry foul - getting the shot after so much trial and error is half the fun - but the other part really wants one. :o
 
bwana said:
Part of me wants to cry foul - getting the shot after so much trial and error is half the fun - but the other part really wants one. :o
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I agree. Now when I see an amazing lightning photo, I don't know if they used one of these. But this is the only way for daytime.
 
ldmelsa said:
But this is the only way for daytime.
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I disagree, :)
I took a couple of shots yesterday without time exposure. I even managed to get a rainbow at the same time as a lightning bolt. Check out my photostream. The exif data is there as well.

Was a lot of fun.
 
Cheaters.. Like bwana said, getting the shot is half the fun. Fsck, even managed it a few times with just my cell camera
 
I have been doing lightning and storm photography for over 3 years now and I do own a lightning trigger but seldom use it.

99% of my images are completely manually exposed, on a rare occasion that we have a day time / later afternoon storm I might make use of the lightning trigger which certainly can help you grab difficult to achieve shots of lightning like during the day, for the rest, full manual control is my first choice.
 
This was my very first attempt. I was very surprised that I even managed to get anything at all. The more daylight shots do not look that impressive as the light dilutes the strike due to less contrasts. I missed a beautiful shot of multiple strikes due to lack of concentration :(.
The light was most surreal and magical, due to the combination of the storm and setting sun. I ventured out to capture a rainbow and then dared to catch the lightning as well :)

(What came to mind was a wild western, and facing off against my opponent to see who had the fastest gun. lol).
 
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I would have loved something like that in the Drakensberg. The last time I was in the Drakensberg I spent over an hour (and 200 photos) trying to get a shot of one... but with the clouds being so close to the ground it was close to impossible.
 
froot said:
I would have loved something like that in the Drakensberg. The last time I was in the Drakensberg I spent over an hour (and 200 photos) trying to get a shot of one... but with the clouds being so close to the ground it was close to impossible.
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That would have been most beautiful if you had succeeded.
I don't know if it was just the conditions of the day that made it possible, but I managed to get 4 strikes plus 2 lit clouds in 36 attempts. Then it got too dark for handheld shots and the storm was moving further away. Yesterday, I attempted this again, but the storm was moving towards me, although it was thundering much better I only saw too strikes and I missed both of them :(
 
BeatleJuice said:
That would have been most beautiful if you had succeeded.
I don't know if it was just the conditions of the day that made it possible, but I managed to get 4 strikes plus 2 lit clouds in 36 attempts. Then it got too dark for handheld shots and the storm was moving further away. Yesterday, I attempted this again, but the storm was moving towards me, although it was thundering much better I only saw too strikes and I missed both of them :(
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I'm not sure of the exact figures but the lightning strikes the ground around 2-3x faster at that altitude than here in Pretoria (altitude of 2400m compared to 1500m)...
 
Depends if they transmit infra-red or not, would be interesting to know that answer.
 
Thought I would share this photo I took on Tuesday afternoon as it relates to the use of the Lightning Trigger. I've had the lightning trigger for over a year and for the most part it's been relatively unused as I prefer full manual control with most of my lightning images. On Tuesday afternoon the right conditions presented themselves and without the trigger I would not have easily pulled this one off in daylight, in fact probably not at all.

Nikon D3x | Nikkor 24-70mm | 1/250 @ F/4 | ISO 200

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Thanks Koffiejunkie, got it back in December from Outdoorphoto when the first shipment came in.
 
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