RE: Fireworks ?

[Gregory Parkinson <glp@xxxxxxxxx>]

No problem.  Swing-lens cameras are like focal-plane shutters, where the
"shutter speed" is a combination of the width and speed of a slit that travels
across the film.  

I imagine that the slow travel speed required for longer exposures would 
create some interesting effects with fireworks.

At 7:48 PM -0500 11/26/99, Statewide Photo wrote:
> BP ßno horizon experience, sorry. New to pan work - anxious to learn all I can
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> From: Gregory Parkinson [mailto:glp@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, November 26, 1999 7:56 PM
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> Subject: RE: Fireworks ?
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> Good advice in general, but the Horizon is a swing-lens camera so this won't work.
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> At 6:38 PM -0500 11/26/99, Statewide Photo wrote:
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> Heres my 2 cents.
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> Obviously use a tripod. I use a bulb setting for the shutter speed and use the lens cap as the shutter. As the fireworks burst in the sky I remove the lens cap and replace it between bursts. Paint the fireworks into the scene. Exposure is determined by your subject outside of the fireworks (cityscape, building, whatever). Keep filling the frame with fireworks till you reach proper exposure for the outside scene. Use your aperture to control your "window for opportunities".
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> Bill Powers
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jakob Sigurdsson [mailto:jakobs@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, November 26, 1999 5:35 PM
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> Subject: Fireworks ?
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> Hi there,
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> I recently bought a Horizon 202. I want to take some pictures
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> of the new year fireworks here in Reykjavik. I will try to find some
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> high ground and capture the sky over a large portion of the city.
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> Here in Reykjavik the whole sky lights up around midnight. If the
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> weather will be calm then I believe that it will be a spectacular show.
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> I have never tried to photograph fireworks before. There are some pointers on the net
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> about this but not regarding panoramic cameras.
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> Any recomendations regarding film, shutter speed etc. will be appreciated.
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> Maybe a swing lens camera is not well suited to do this? Well I'm pretty clueless.
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> Horizon specs:
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> - multi coated 28mm/f2.8-16 lens
> - exposure times: 1/2-1/4-1/8s and 1/60-1/125-1/250s
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> As I said any recomendations will be helpfull.
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> regards,
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> Jakob S
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