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Thunderstorms 14th/15th August 2022
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This is a lightning trigger that I use for getting day or night lightning photos.It simply plugs into the camera mounted on a tripod, and an infra red sensor on the front triggers the camera shutter the instant a lightning flash is detected. It's years old, as is my Canon DSLR but is very reliable and easy to use.
(Apologies for the sideways images. I tried to edit them before uploading but they still display sideways.
Thank you , new Boards.ie)
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The trigger comes with a cable which connects the trigger to the camera via the flash socket. The camera is set up on 'manual' and the shutter speed and aperture set manually according to the level of ambient light. A night time exposure would need a shutter speed of around 10 secs. The camera is focussed manually to infinity.
When a lightning flash occurs, the infra red sensor on the front of the trigger instantly fires the trigger and usually the lightning is captured, hopefully in focus and at night, a long exposure then allows for reasonable exposure of the surrounding area.
My photos, posted a few pages back, were too underexposed at around 5 secs. as I hurriedly set up the camera. I was in bed when the storm got going so I hurriedly got up, got the tripod and rushed things a bit. I should have experimented with shutter speeds beforehand but of course, didn't.
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