Re: coil photography

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Original poster: gary350@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 

I have an Old Nikon F.  If I want a pic of my TC I sent the camera on 
a tripod with a shutter cable release.  Set shutter speed on 
0.  Start out with apature set about 16.  Take a pic with a 2 second 
exposure then 4 second then 8 seconds.  Change the apature setting to 
22 take pics again 2, 4, 8 seconds.  You might even try apature 
setting at 8 then all pics again at 2, 4, 8  seconds.  Have film 
developed at Wal Greens or any place you like.  They all have the 
option for $3.00 extra you get all your pics on a CD too.  Now you 
have both pics on paper and pics on CD.

Gary Weaver



-----Original Message-----
>From: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Apr 18, 2007 8:29 PM
>To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: coil photography
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>Original poster: "Scott Bogard" <teslas-intern@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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>Greetings all,
>     I am having trouble getting good pictures of my Tesla coil in
>operation.  It seems the cameras I have available, do not have a very
>adjustable exposure time (and I don't have any clue how to take a
>double exposure, without using conventional film, which is useless to
>me as I don't have a scanner, so I cannot put my pictures on the
>computer).  I can get "decent" videos, but still shots captured from
>them generally only show the arcs, and not the coil (which gives no
>perspective of actual size), plus the DPI is too low for my taste
>anyway.  Any suggestions would be appreciated (even referrals to the
>archives would be great, if you could give me a general place to
>look, they are vast, and I am pressed for time!)  Thanks a heap.
>Scott Bogard.
>
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