Donington MSVR

[andynoquantum]

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Jenx said:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Thanks for your input

Edited by andynoquantum on Sunday 13th April 11:44

[Jenx]

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[Gingerbread Man]

What's happened here?

[9.3]

Not reading the rules on size of images.

[Jenx]

andynoquantum said:

Deleted, CBA

Jenx said:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Thanks for your input

Edited by andynoquantum on Sunday 13th April 11:44

You're very welcome.

Martin.

[andynoquantum]

Jenx, you've posted similar to the above on a number of other people's threads. Whilst I can appreciate that you might be frustrated at people not following the guidelines, the fact that they're posting pictures is more important to me than than the actual size of them. If others had the same "cant be arsed with the bullst" attitude that I had this morning there'd be very few posts.

Sizing to match PH's squish is quite a specific thing, which given I and possibly many other people use Flickr, makes it quite an intensive task to resize for each and every forum we may post on.

Maybe next time a quick "Andy, could you have a think about posting the Medium sized ones from your Flickr, rather than the Large" might work better for you, I and the other readers of the thread?

So, inspite of my hissy fit, here's the pics in Medium















And back to my original question.... I'm constantly struggling with panning and getting the effect of what I'm seeing into pixels. EXIF data for the above is typically something like

Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/800)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 260 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: 0/6 EV

Anything slower and it's just blurred. Anyone have any tricks/tips? This was the first time I shot RAW, for no other reason that I fancied giving it a go

[CivicMan]

Thanks for taking the flak Andy, I thought it was just me they had it in for!!!

[Gingerbread Man]

Try panning at 250 and go from there. Lower number, the more blur. 800 will be quite static.

[flat-planedCrank]

andynoquantum said:

And back to my original question.... I'm constantly struggling with panning and getting the effect of what I'm seeing into pixels. EXIF data for the above is typically something like

Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/800)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 260 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: 0/6 EV

Anything slower and it's just blurred. Anyone have any tricks/tips? This was the first time I shot RAW, for no other reason that I fancied giving it a go

As you point out, its the shutter speed that is stopping the 'pan' effect.
1/800th is really quite fast, i'd try something like 1/200th. On a hairpin this will still stop the motion, but if you pan with the movement on a fast straight you will get a decent amount of wheel / bg blur. Its a decent starting point

If you images are all blurred - are you selecting a focus point, af servo, etc.. ?


Cheers.

[andynoquantum]

Thanks for the feedback. I tried a few different settings while setting up, and wasnt really happy with the results. AF (Lock) was on, as was VR and I was using a monopod

Couple that I've brought back from the bin as examples. I didnt like them as they were out of focus, and just not too sharp compared to others that were quicker.

(Uploaded to Imageshack at 640x480, hopefully)



Basic Image Information Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: 70-300 mm f/4.5-5.6
Shot at 270 mm
Exposure: Auto exposure, Shutter priority AE, 1/40 sec, f/40, ISO 140, Compensation: +1/3
Flash: none
Date: April 12, 2008 8:22:31.80AM (timezone is GMT + 1 hour)
(1 day, 12 hours, 24 minutes ago)

File: 2,592 × 3,872 JPEG (10.0 megapixels)
517,063 bytes (0.49 megabytes) Image compression: 98%
Color Encoding: Embedded color profile: “sRGB”

And the other





Basic Image Information Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: 70-300 mm f/4.5-5.6
Shot at 300 mm
Exposure: Auto exposure, Not Defined, 1/250 sec, f/5.6, ISO 250
Flash: none
Date: April 12, 2008 8:48:22.40AM (timezone is GMT + 1 hour)
(1 day, 12 hours, 1 minute, 20 seconds ago)

File: 2,103 × 3,108 JPEG (6.5 megapixels)
376,233 bytes (0.36 megabytes) Image compression: 98%
Color Encoding: Embedded color profile: “sRGB”

Edited by andynoquantum on Sunday 13th April 21:06

[flat-planedCrank]

andynoquantum said:

Thanks for the feedback. I tried a few different settings while setting up, and wasnt really happy with the results.

Couple that I've brought back from the bin as examples. I didnt like them as they were out of focus, and just not too sharp compared to others that were quicker.

(Uploaded to Imageshack at 640x480, hopefully)



Basic Image Information Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: 70-300 mm f/4.5-5.6
Shot at 270 mm
Exposure: Auto exposure, Shutter priority AE, 1/40 sec, f/40, ISO 140, Compensation: +1/3
Flash: none
Date: April 12, 2008 8:22:31.80AM (timezone is GMT + 1 hour)
(1 day, 12 hours, 24 minutes ago)

File: 2,592 × 3,872 JPEG (10.0 megapixels)
517,063 bytes (0.49 megabytes) Image compression: 98%
Color Encoding: Embedded color profile: “sRGB”

I'd have bet this would be blurry
270mm is a fair bit of zoom, makes things harder to pan
The 1/40th is probably the main reason for the lack of sharpness though, that is a really (!) ambitious shutter speed to be panning at, especially so with your 270mm zoom

andynoquantum said:

And the other





Basic Image Information Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: 70-300 mm f/4.5-5.6
Shot at 300 mm
Exposure: Auto exposure, Not Defined, 1/250 sec, f/5.6, ISO 250
Flash: none
Date: April 12, 2008 8:48:22.40AM (timezone is GMT + 1 hour)
(1 day, 12 hours, 1 minute, 20 seconds ago)

File: 2,103 × 3,108 JPEG (6.5 megapixels)
376,233 bytes (0.36 megabytes) Image compression: 98%
Color Encoding: Embedded color profile: “sRGB”

300mm is a fair bit of zoom, as above, makes it a lot more difficult to pan. Saying that, 1/250th is a reasonable shutter speed for that sort of long range pan.
At a guess, are you using 'servo' af mode with a single af point selected ?
Maybe a quick burst of shots and you would have 'caught' a clear frame

Cheers.

Edited by flat-planedCrank on Sunday 13th April 21:40