Re: Decent Pics.........

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Subject: Re: Decent Pics.........
From: "Grayson B Dietrich" <electrofire-at-juno-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2000 11:19:13 -0700
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Here are some snippets of posts on the subject, Chris.

Original Poster: Max Erhard <max.erhard-at-softhome-dot-net> 

It appears that most people cheat by using long exposures. Wait until
night, close the aperture right down (f16/f22) and hold the shutter open
for a few seconds (B or T setting on the camera). 1/30 second, or 1/60
second probably tells the true story. I don't see the point in a time
exposure's. Everyone's seen a jacobs ladder turned into a wall of flame
with a time exposure, but it just doesn't look like that in real life.

riginal Poster: "Dr. Resonance" <Dr.Resonance-at-next-wave-dot-net> 

Mike:

Very good results at f1.4 or 2.8 with 4 sec. time exposures.  Be sure to
use
Fuji Velvia color slide film --- the color saturation and density are
incredible.  You will have to go a a professional photo supplier to get
this
film as few stores stock it, but it's worth every nickel in the finished
slide.  Always place your camera on a tripod and use the 2 sec auto timer
(delay) if possible so there is no camera motion.

Also, be sure to place a heavy black plastic "cover" over the front part
of
the coil so as to block off the strong UV light from the primary coil ---
it
will overpower your camera and not allow you to see the detail of the sec
sparks.

Another good trick is to hang a vertical wire high above the coil and
approx
4-6 feet away from the coil down to about the primary.  The sec spark
will
strike this wire and then "climb" like a Jacob's Ladder due to thermal
heating.  The climbing arc up this vertical wire makes for very exciting
spark pictures.

***************
On the other hand, I've never had good luck with coiling photos, either.

Grayson Dietrich
http://www.electrophile.8m-dot-com

On Tue, 29 Feb 2000 11:34:33 -0700 Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> writes:
> Original Poster: "Christopher Boden" <chrisboden-at-hotmail-dot-com> 
> 
> How do we get decent pics with a SLR camera?
> 
> We trashed 2 rolls of film trying to get good shots of arcs. Neemie 
> (our 
> photographer) is stumped.
> 
> We need specifics, F stops, speed, all that jazz that I know nothing 
> about 
> :). She has good equiptment, just lacks the tips and tricks to pull 
> this off 
> right.
> 
> Thanks campers :)
> 
> Chris "The Photogenic" Boden
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