The solution to this is a camera copy stand. If the camera moves during exposure you will produce a blurred picture. Since we need to shoot long exposures to capture the corona discharge you need to consider how to keep your camera steady during the long exposure. You do not want an infrared night vision camera.ĭigital Camera Copy Stands - Getting Steady to Shoot You need a true low lux, you do not want a camera that enters a slow or still frame mode to gather light. These are sold as low lux video camera’s. There are a number of video cameras on the market capable of shooting in the low light generated by the corona discharge. This application allows you to lock focus on an object and manually set your shutter speed and therefore the camera’s exposure time. To use the iPhone I use an app called “MagicShutter”. However I am sure that if the application I use on my phone is available on your phone it will work also. I have the iPhone 5, so the information I am providing is valid for that particular iphone. If your camera has a built in flash it is essential to be able to turn it off when making long exposures. Turning off the lights is essential to capturing the faint light given off by the electrical (corona) discharge around the object we are shooting.Ĥ) Prevent Built-In Flash. Once the camera has been focused on the subject, the normal room lighting can be turned off. Manual focus is important because you will need to manually focus the camera on the subject under normal lighting. The manual focus setting allows you to manually focus on a subject, rather than having the camera auto-focus on the subject. This is important when shooting small objects like coins and leafs.ģ) Manual Focus. The macro setting on a digital camera allows you to focus close to the object you are shooting. The long exposure time is necessary to allow the faint light from the electrical discharge to accumulate.Ģ) Macro Setting. Expensive digital cameras will have a “Bulb” or “B” setting that keeps the shutter to remain open for as long as the shutter button is kept pressed. The most important feature is the ability for the camera to take long exposures of ten seconds in length or more. There are four features you need in a digital camera.ġ) Long exposure times. The digital camera should have recorded the corona discharge around the object which is a Kirlian photograph. When the camera's shutter closes the high voltage power source is turned off. Next the digital camera shutter is tripped to make a timed exposure of 10-15 seconds. Next, the high voltage power source is turned on, once on, the feeble light from the corona discharge should be visible around the object. The room lights are turned off, or the kirlian photography set-up is covered in a light tight enclosure. The digital camera is manually focused onto the object through the TDP. If the object being photographed is inanimate, it is connected to an earth ground. The high-voltage power source is connected to the TDP. The subject or object being photographed is in direct contact with the TDP. Here is the link to my Instrucatable for building a High Voltage Power Supply. Here is the link to my Instructable for building a Transparent Discharge Plate. I have created instructables for both of these items. Aside from a digital camera you need a suitable high voltage power supply and a Transparent Discharge Plate. I am illustrating the set up with a digital camera but the other cameras will work as well. This Kirlian photography set up may be used with the following types of cameras digital, 35mm film, iPhone or a low lux video camera.
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