Best setting for lightening

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colud someone please help we are in a middle of a good storm whats the Best setting for lightening,

The bits i have available are:-

Canon EF 50mm 1.8 II
Canon EFS 18-55
Tamron AF LD DiII 55-200mm 4-5.6 Macro
Sigma DC 18-200 3.5-6.3
Sigma APO DG 70-300mm 4-5.6 Macro
Sigma EX DC HSM 10-20mm 4-5.6
Sigma EX IF DG 20-40mm 2.8

Tamron-f AF 2x Tele-Converter

Canon 400D
Manfrotto 681B Mono Pod
Manfrotto 190XDB Tripod
Manfrotto 804RC2 Head
Manfrotto 234RC Head

Many Thanks
Seme
 
pick a lens, mount cam on the tripod can't tell you about which heads but go for a sturdy one.

stop down by miles use an ND filter if ya got one (iso 100 as well to reduce light) I would turn off long exposure noise reduction as it will halve the time you can use the camera.

then use bulb exposures and hold the shutter open until lightning comes
 
The lightning last night where I was was so bright and so low (we were in the clouds) that the lighting was just acting like a huge flash being dispersed by the cloud! This was iso200, F2.8, 2 second shot using motion detection on a Canon G9. It was the first time I'd tried out the motion detection and it works really well!

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