Hi,
In the new year I'll be making a trip to Iceland with the hope of photographing the Northern Lights. Just wondering if anyone has any experience of this on the m4/3 platform so I can plan to get the right gear and hopefully have a vague idea of what I should be doing.
Current camera is a GF1, and current native lenses are the Panasonic 7-14, 20mm and the 14-140. I've also got a Planar 50mm 1.4 and Sonnar 90mm 2.8, excellent lenses but can't imagine they will me much use for lights photography with the 2x crop factor.
I presume my best bet would be to pick up the 14mm 2.5 when it's available.
From what I've read, with an f/4 lens I'll need to use ISO800, f2.5 ISO400 both with shutter times of 20-45 seconds.
My other thought was to move to a GH2 body if it's available in time. Would this be a better camera for this purpose? As it's a once in a lifetime trip I want to have the best chance of getting some good images.
Does this sound along the right lines? Any suggestions greatly appreciated.
thanks,
In the new year I'll be making a trip to Iceland with the hope of photographing the Northern Lights. Just wondering if anyone has any experience of this on the m4/3 platform so I can plan to get the right gear and hopefully have a vague idea of what I should be doing.
Current camera is a GF1, and current native lenses are the Panasonic 7-14, 20mm and the 14-140. I've also got a Planar 50mm 1.4 and Sonnar 90mm 2.8, excellent lenses but can't imagine they will me much use for lights photography with the 2x crop factor.
I presume my best bet would be to pick up the 14mm 2.5 when it's available.
From what I've read, with an f/4 lens I'll need to use ISO800, f2.5 ISO400 both with shutter times of 20-45 seconds.
My other thought was to move to a GH2 body if it's available in time. Would this be a better camera for this purpose? As it's a once in a lifetime trip I want to have the best chance of getting some good images.
Does this sound along the right lines? Any suggestions greatly appreciated.
thanks,