• 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.

Pluto trigger

Willard Sharp

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Does anyone use the Pluto trigger for lightning photography? I've been considering getting one as it has many options above and beyond the lightning trigger that I'm interested in. I currently use the Lightning Bug from MK Controls for daytime lightning, but I'm considering the switch.
 
I bought the Pluto trigger this winter and have yet to have a chance to use it for lightning. I'm hoping to here in the next week! I'm pretty excited to see what it can do as it seems to have a lot of potential!
 
I'm always a bit leery of the triggers that are also motion triggers because sometimes that means the trigger is fired by the motion of the lightning happening -- rather than than the infrared pulse that precedes it, which is what the Lightning Bug and the Stepping Stone Lightning Trigger are activated by. I had a Opteka once that claimed to do all the things that the Pluto does -- but it missed every lightning bolt.

I know their site claims to use infrared too, but even Pluto says on their Instagram that "Some users have use the Lightning mode during daytime successfully." (emphasis mine) That's not good enough for me.
 
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