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Typical exposure time using a digital camera is set
to 10
-
20 seconds. Exposure time can be adjusted
up or down once you have taken an image.
To hold the camera still during the long multi
-
second exposures one typically uses a copy stand
or tripod. The copy stand is positioned so that the
camera faces down on the object.
As an example, here is how you would shoot a
metal gear with the camera set
to with a 10
-
second exposure.
Set up your Kirlian photography
equipment in a room that can
be made relatively dark.
Begin your set
-
up by connecting
the ground plate to ground. The
ground wire has an alligator clip
on one end and a banana plug
on the opposite end. The alliga-
tor clip is attached to the brass
screw protruding from the
bottom of the ground plate. The
other side of the wire is
attached to a ground or plugged
into the ground socket on the
Kirlian device.
The gear is placed on the top
side of the ground plate, cover-
ing the brass screw head. The
gear becomes grounded through
the brass screw head, which is connect to ground by the ground wire.
The Transparent Discharge Plate (TDP) is placed
