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Mar 19, 2015 06:57:37   #
Cdouthitt Loc: Traverse City, MI
 
sailorsmom wrote:
Very, very nice, MWojton! And you can see the northern lights there in Michigan! Wow! That' something I've never seen.


Except he didn't take the shot...just saying.

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Mar 28, 2015 17:59:49   #
fawlty128 Loc: LI, NY now in Allentown, PA
 
Cdouthitt wrote:
Thanks...I used two lenses...a 25mm f1.4 and a 7.5mm 3.5. Both of which I was using wide open. I'll post a 25mm shot later tonight after I edit them. Obviously the exposure time was a fine balance between my aperture and ISO. I tried to keep the ISO as low as possible as with m4/3 it can get quite noisy above 800 ISO. That said I found anywhere from 30-60 seconds worked the best...it just depended on how busy the aurora was at that given moment. I probably should have used the live bulb feature (to get live, realtime results), but I was being lazy and didn't feel like connecting with wifi or with a remote (you need to press the shutter to start and stop the exposure).

A red flashlight would have been more handy than my iphone screen.
Thanks...I used two lenses...a 25mm f1.4 and a 7.5... (show quote)



Beautiful images, I would love to be able to get shots of the northern lights someday. Have you tried using the 'Live Composition' mode on the E-M1. It would work well in situations like this and you probably could have gotten away with using a lower ISO.

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Mar 28, 2015 19:14:50   #
Cdouthitt Loc: Traverse City, MI
 
I'm headed out tonight again. I couldn't figure out the initial photo setting when initializing live composite. I now know how to do it and if they are active as they were a week or so ago it should make for an interesting composition.

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