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Northern Lights - trip to Norway next month - any advice on settings for my alpha-100?

tonyhaseler — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:12:47 GMT

Northern Lights trip to Norway next month with my dslr-alpha100. Any advice on settings, colour balance etc?

Northern Lights - trip to Norway next month - any advice on settings for my alpha-100?

blaireau_photo — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:36:20 GMT

Hello tonyhaseler - welcome to the Sony Forums

For your trip (sounds exciting!), I would advise that you do the following:

Make sure that you have the focus set to 'manual'.
Keep to a higher ISO i.e. 800 ot 1600.
If possible, keep the exposure time as long as possible (adjust shutter speed to upto 30 secs).

I have never had the priviledge of seeing them myself, however I have heard people say that because they are constantly changing natural phenomenon, you should be prepared to have quite a few attempts at it before you get it right!

Enjoy your trip,

Simon

Northern Lights - trip to Norway next month - any advice on settings for my alpha-100?

Watashiwateshdes — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:34:42 GMT

One tip I would add to Simons post is more general advise rather than settings. Keep a few batteries handy since in colder conditions, battery life is reduced.

Keep them in an inside pocket until required. I was out in Sweden a few weeks ago with an average temp of -18 degrees C and was only getting about 30 mins out of my battery until I kept them up to a decent temp by putting them into an inside pocket.