Yet another newbie w/ G3-question

[cobronco69]

I am picking the camera up really fast. Havent had alot of experience with higher end digi-cams before but have a few friends who can hold their own. Anyway, we had a HECK of a lightning storm over the weekend, and I wanted to take some nifty pics of it sooo bad but dont know where to start. I assume setting the shutter to stay open for a certain amount of time...what else? :-)

[ravens]

I am by no means an expert and do not have one shot of lightning, but you will need a tripod. You will also need large depth of field, as you never know where the lightning will strike! Others may be able to more specific details.

Paul

[sdommin]

You'll want to put your camera on a tripod, set the focus manually to infinity, then use the manual mode. Set your shutter speed to 10 seconds and your aperture to f5. Use the remote control to take a picture and adjust your shutter speed until you get a sky that looks OK in your LCD. Then aim for the lightning and shoot away. Its hard to time it properly, so just take a lot of pictures and hope.

MAKE SURE YOU AND YOUR TRIPOD ARE OUT OF ANY LIGHTNING DANGER!!

[cobronco69]

I messed with this some last night. I friend of mine w/ a Nikon Coolpix 5000 was asking me if I could set my shutter all the way to manual and keep it open as long as I hold the button down like on his? or is 15 seconds as long as it will stay open? I figured out how to take an actual decent picture, but it wasnt dark enough yet....

Thanks for the replys so far!!

Clint

[Andy_T]

There's a pretty thorough fireworks thread here, created around the 4th of July:)

The findings should also apply here!

Regards,
Andy