P3D Re: Shooting Tesla Coil

["Franklin Londin" <swan@xxxxxx>]

Hi Steve,
I've been a member of a tesla coil hobby group for almost
two years in Los Angeles. (www.teslacoil.com)
And it is a tricky thing to shoot the electrical beast.
All my attempts have not been in controlled situations
but during shows we've put on, often I'm shooting
stereo, video and flatties on the fly in front yards,
or during performance pieces and other shows. We are
planning to do a studio shoot in the next month. My
attempts so far have yielded a few decent captures.
I have found that 100 ASA, 1 second tripod exposures with
my realist 2.8 wide open, gang up on the arcs and
convey a good sense of power but I havent gotten close
enough or shot fast enough to really study the sparks.
I dont want to get zapped. This is a clear case when
a twinned zoom lens system and of course an RBT would
come in real handy. Jon, how about a loaner?!

Good luck and I'd love to see your shots sometime.
Regards
Franklin

P.S. here are other sites of some of our groupmembers

http://www.apc.net/bturner/hv-page.htm
http://www.ttr.com/newpage1.htm


> I have a friend who wants me to shoot 3d pictures of his Tesla Coil in
> the dark and was wondering if anyone had exposure tips.  I figured maybe
> 2 or 3 second exposures on 100 speed film at different f-stops but I
> wasn't sure. Any tips would be appreciated.
--
> Steve Berezin
> mailto:sbere@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Coffeehouse/2404/stereolinks.html

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