Re: Some pretty good sparks!

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Original poster: "Charles Brush by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <cfbrush-at-interport-dot-net>


>Original poster: "Chris Roberts by way of Terry Fritz 
><teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <quezacotl_14000000000000-at-yahoo-dot-com>
>
>Those are really great sparks! They have very great color and a 
>"bolt-like" quality to them. I have never seen a PDT powered coil in real 
>life before so I don't know if they all have that purple-white coloring or 
>if it's the film your using. Do you use any special camera techniques when 
>photographing your coils? (Filters, film, etc)


Chris,

Re: http://www.VoltNet-dot-com/tesla (scroll down to 12" coil)

Thanks for the comments!  The sparks from this coil look much more bright 
white when you see them.  I took those using a Canon G1 digital camera at 
2048x1536.  The digital camera gives the sparks a different "look" than I 
have gotten in the past with 35mm film, but I have to say I love using the 
digital.  I used to waste rolls of film trying to get one good shot, but 
now I can shoot dozens of photos, see any problems while I am shooting, and 
adjust the camera as needed.  During that shoot I got a whole lot more 
really good images which I can upload to a directory if anyone wants to see 
them.  They were all taken with the rotary gap turned off, which was 
providing some surprisingly good performance.

Zap!


Charles Brush