Do you ever find that the LX overexposes by trying to lighten up all that dark sky?
Chris On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 10:19:42 +0200, Antti-Pekka Virjonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > You're not going to get any reading with a normal > spotmeter... unless the Aurora is extremely bright > (but then you'll be able to measure with your camera meter as well). > This may happen only about once in 25 years or so... ;-) > > The only camera which I know to work on automatic with Aurora > is the LX (which btw is the best camera on the planet for > photographing astronomical phenomenon). I just attach a suitable > lens (usually SMC 15/3.5) to my LX with a winder and then lock the > cable release on auto. The camera will shoot continuously on itself > and I can just watch the play. My standard film is the Kodak > Ektachrome P1600 shot at 1600. Brighter ones expose well with > the E200 (which you can push as well to 400 or 800). It also > helps to have more than one LX.
