Photographing lightning without a trigger?

3 weeks 5 days ago #763202 by Pettigrew
Morning everyone.  When it comes to photographing lightning, can this be done over and over again without a trigger?  I've seen some photographers with some amazing lightning strikes captured, and I'm curious are these being captured with or without a lightning trigger?

Canon EOS 7D SLR | XT W/18-55 Kit Lens | Canon 50mm 1.8 | Tamron 17-50mm 2.8 | Canon 28-105mm | Canon 75-300mm | Canon 100mm 2.8 Macro | Canon 100-400
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3 weeks 5 days ago - 3 weeks 5 days ago #763204 by Razky

Pettigrew wrote: Morning everyone. When it comes to photographing lightning, can this be done over and over again without a trigger? I've seen some photographers with some amazing lightning strikes captured, and I'm curious are these being captured with or without a lightning trigger?

Time exposures (Bulb mode)  work quite well - no trigger needed.
www.google.com/search?q=Photographing+li...ceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8


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3 weeks 5 days ago #763209 by TCav
:agree:

Leaving the shutter open in the dark won't result in an overexposure, and it will capture the lightning when it does occur.


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3 weeks 11 hours ago #763388 by Sandy Smith Photos
My husband use to shoot lightning with nothing more than dragging his shutter.  He was able to get some decent shots that he was happy with.  8ish years ago he got one of those 'lightning triggers', which is the actual name of the company and device.  With that trigger, he shots went from good to amazing.  


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2 weeks 6 days ago #763421 by Roger Lang

Sandy Smith Photos wrote: My husband use to shoot lightning with nothing more than dragging his shutter.  He was able to get some decent shots that he was happy with.  8ish years ago he got one of those 'lightning triggers', which is the actual name of the company and device.  With that trigger, he shots went from good to amazing.  


Got the same one, awesome trigger.


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2 weeks 11 hours ago #763592 by Finn
You can do it with no trigger, but having and using a trigger will make your life SO MUCH easier 


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1 week 5 days ago #763631 by Tristan R
Never tried without my Miops trigger.  I can say with the trigger, it's super easy


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1 week 2 days ago #763710 by Hoss
Nope, I'm all for the easy path  trigger all the way.


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