Originally posted by Ron Boggs It sounds like you are skeptical ... ... Timing a shutter to a lightning bolt is not theory! I've done it and the folks at Lightning Trigger do it professionally. Check their website, it's quite informative! And no I'm not affiliated with them in any way. I paid them to build me a unit nearly 10 years ago...
Oh, I know there are cameras out there that do it, and bolts with multiple strikes lats relative long times... I did not find any timing charts for mirror up/shutter lag. I guess if they have that figured into the mix, I will have to check out their diagrams and try to build one.
I always assumed that was done with special equipment or other maker's cameras that allow you to truly lock up the mirror. Thanks. Pretty cool.
Myself, I've been doing it the old fashioned way... sitting at the window for hours with the shutter release cable clicking away every 15-30 seconds. Ugh!! A automated method would be nice.
And unfortunately Pentax's Remote Assist software is total garbage!!
Just try to take successive shots without crashing the program, the computer and even the camera!! OK, RA is good for individual shots that you want dumped to the computer, but just don't have the false hopes that their schedule/timer portion has even gone through a minute of quality assurance testing.