• After witnessing the continued decrease of involvement in the SpotterNetwork staff in serving SN members with troubleshooting issues recently, I have unilaterally decided to terminate the relationship between SpotterNetwork's support and Stormtrack. I have witnessed multiple users unable to receive support weeks after initiating help threads on the forum. I find this lack of response from SpotterNetwork officials disappointing and a failure to hold up their end of the agreement that was made years ago, before I took over management of this site. In my opinion, having Stormtrack users sit and wait for so long to receive help on SpotterNetwork issues on the Stormtrack forums reflects poorly not only on SpotterNetwork, but on Stormtrack and (by association) me as well. Since the issue has not been satisfactorily addressed, I no longer wish for the Stormtrack forum to be associated with SpotterNetwork.

    I apologize to those who continue to have issues with the service and continue to see their issues left unaddressed. Please understand that the connection between ST and SN was put in place long before I had any say over it. But now that I am the "captain of this ship," it is within my right (nay, duty) to make adjustments as I see necessary. Ending this relationship is such an adjustment.

    For those who continue to need help, I recommend navigating a web browswer to SpotterNetwork's About page, and seeking the individuals listed on that page for all further inquiries about SpotterNetwork.

    From this moment forward, the SpotterNetwork sub-forum has been hidden/deleted and there will be no assurance that any SpotterNetwork issues brought up in any of Stormtrack's other sub-forums will be addressed. Do not rely on Stormtrack for help with SpotterNetwork issues.

    Sincerely, Jeff D.

Lightning Photography with Canon Rebel XTI?

  • Thread starter Thread starter Joey Ketcham
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Joey Ketcham

Has anyone used the Canon Digital Rebel XTI to do lightning photography? I got the Canon Rebel XTI today and hope to use it in the future to do lightning photography, at least attempt to. Was just curious how it's performanace was for lightning photography.
 
I use the XTi for my lightning photography, as far as the camera goes it will do everything you need it to do. Go with ISO 100 settings, use manual mode so you can set the exposure time desired and the aperture settings can be set to your desire as well. As far as optics go, it won't be the camera that decides that as much as what lens you have.
 
What did you use for the shutter speed? Did you use the 'bulb' for the shutter so you could keep it opened for as long as you want?
 
Will's above were 6 seconds and 3.2 seconds respectively, along with shutter speed however is aperture. The nighttime with complete dark are the easiest, as then you are only worrying about how bright the lightning is; Will's first picture above was an aperture of f/7.1 which is ideal for a decent distance and good bright CG like there was. Taking images during the day or when their is ambient light would require some adjusting in hopes that you don't blow out the sky or other areas of the picture. Will used f/18 in the second shot, which explains how he was able to still do a decently long exposure and not blow out the sky. However, as you also see the lightning strike is nearly as bright, which is expected beings it was in the daytime light.

It might take you a bit to get your adjustments right, but with time that camera will serve you greatly in capturing those lightning strikes.
 
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