Hi, Maybe a little when and if the aurora is very faint or small. But I guess that usually the reciprocal failure of the film compensates for this, because I've gotten fantastic results. With faint aurora I usually shoot manual as well.
Antti-Pekka --- Antti-Pekka Virjonen Computec Oy, Turku Finland Gsm: +358-500-789 753 www.computec.fi * www.estera.fi > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Brogden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 12:30 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Re: Northern Lights > > 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.
