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Olympus fireworks link

Started Jul 2, 2015 | Discussions thread
Michael Meissner
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Re: Olympus fireworks link

daleeight wrote:

Was your ISO set at 200 for those?

Yes.  I set it to ISO 200 (base level for the E-PM2) with manual focus (the first few fireworks I set the focus via the LCD -- I wish Olympus had options to set a lens to maximum focus or hyperfocal point).  I shot on a tripod with a shutter release cable.  I used bulb mode, and once in bulb mode, I turned off noise reduction (otherwise it will do dark frame subtraction for the length of time you had the shutter open).

With a lot of fireworks, you can hear the rocket go off, and then start recording before it opens, and wait until it creates the trail before closing the shutter.

Expect to have a lot of misses where you missed the timing or the fireworks were off frame.  But hopefully you have some keepers in the lot.

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