06-06-2007, 11:00 PM
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Flooding and Fires and Lightning: Oh My!
This is completely off topic, but I had an eventful evening last night and I thought the readers of this site might get a kick out of reading about it. Here's part of the story...
"The thunder continued to boom, over and over, and the lightning strikes blazed in the sky. I started to notice the odour of smoke, but I didn�t think anything of it (idiot that I am). Ashley told me that there was a house on fire down the street from us, and I couldn�t believe it! I looked out my walk-out basement window and sure enough, amidst the sheets of falling rain there was thick black smoke rising from a house just a few homes down from us. When you see something like that, it�s a strange sensation. I thought �Ok, fire in the rain, this can�t last long, we�re not in any danger.� (Well, actually, I think my first thought was �HOLY CRAP, WHAT THE HELL?!?�). I grabbed my Canon SD800 digital camera, put on a jacket, and went outside with Ashley. There were already police and fire trucks on the street (why didn�t they turn on their sirens so we�d know there was something happening?) so that was a relief that help was already there. That meant though, of course, that the lightning strike that started the fire occurred at least 20 minutes prior. It�s a bit scary to think that there was a blazing fire a few hundred feet from my home and I had no clue. Since the fire was on the back side of the house, we walked to our back yard to get a better vantage point. Boy did we ever!"
I need to point out right away that no one was hurt - the people in the house got out safely. From a technology stand point, I was impressed with my Canon SD800 and my Nikon D200. Both of them got very wet, and both functioned without any problem. I was more worried about my SD800 - because the Nikon D200 is weather sealed, while the Canon is not - but the SD800 digital camera came through like a champ. From a photography point of view, I wish I had a steadier hand, but I had to balance the desire to get a good picture with the desire to not get my equipment too soaked. ;-)
Check out the rest of the story...
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06-07-2007, 02:53 AM
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It was crazy here. I live in the north-west and there were ligtning strikes all around. This morning was pretty bad too to get to work ! I didnt know that you lived in Calgary too !
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06-07-2007, 03:10 AM
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Gee, thanks, Alberta, for sending your storm down to Montana...
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06-07-2007, 03:57 AM
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The Nikon D200 is a great camera. I have it with the 18-200 VR lens and it's hard to take a blury picture with that. Or, a fast lense like the $100 Nikon 1.8D helps too 
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06-07-2007, 04:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Anando
It was crazy here. I live in the north-west and there were ligtning strikes all around.
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Yup, I live in Tuscany. Howdy neighbour! ;-)
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06-07-2007, 04:31 AM
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Originally Posted by burtcom
Gee, thanks, Alberta, for sending your storm down to Montana...
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Well hopefully it used up some of its fury on our city, so it was less furious for you... ;-)
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06-07-2007, 04:39 AM
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Originally Posted by DaleReeck
The Nikon D200 is a great camera. I have it with the 18-200 VR lens and it's hard to take a blury picture with that. Or, a fast lense like the $100 Nikon 1.8D helps too |
Well, I'm pretty skilled and taking blurry pictures. ;-) I have the 18-200 lens, and even with VR turned on and the camera at ISO 1600, shooting quickly in the near dark and in the rain, it was a struggle to get in-focus pictures. I have the Nikon prime 1.8 as well, but didn't use it because I'd have to get prety close to use it and that wasn't really an option. I tend not to use it much because even though it's a fast lens, without the VR I'll often get blurry photos with it under low light...but I keep meaning to try and adapt to using it better.
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06-07-2007, 12:58 PM
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Glad everyone there is safe. Sorry for your neighbour's loss.
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06-07-2007, 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Jason Dunn
Well, I'm pretty skilled and taking blurry pictures. ;-) I have the 18-200 lens, and even with VR turned on and the camera at ISO 1600, shooting quickly in the near dark and in the rain, it was a struggle to get in-focus pictures.
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I've always had a pretty steady hand, so I've been lucky at that. But I'm with you on the rain thing. Even though the D200 has a weather seal, I still get paranoid about it. Plus, the lenses don't usually have weather seals 
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06-07-2007, 04:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Jason Dunn
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Originally Posted by Anando
It was crazy here. I live in the north-west and there were ligtning strikes all around.
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Oh, you are way North-west ! I am just about UofC on 24th Ave.
Anando
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