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Posted 05/01/2009 - 13:11
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Nick,
Hi,
Pls fill in your location in your profile.
What ISO were you set at?
You'll need a good flash to freeze action like that at lower ISO's.
All the best!
Hi,
Pls fill in your location in your profile.
What ISO were you set at?
You'll need a good flash to freeze action like that at lower ISO's.
All the best!
Mac from Montreal
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Posted 05/01/2009 - 13:17
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Thanks, im still learning at the mo...
What would you recommend?
I was at 100 ISO
I do have a AF360 FGZ flash gun, but wanted to do continous shooting. I am fine outdoors...
What would you recommend?
I was at 100 ISO
I do have a AF360 FGZ flash gun, but wanted to do continous shooting. I am fine outdoors...
Posted 05/01/2009 - 13:26
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When shooting indoors, even with flash, you should be using ISO800 or more
That will increase the flash gun's effective range and ability (that's why the shots were underexposed - you were asking too much of the relatively small flash gun. You'll need a flashgun the size of a large brick to shoot in a large indoor space with ISO100 )
My recommendation:
* Use ISO between 400 and 1600
* Shoot RAW if you can (it will give you extra lattitude later)
* Use a wide-ish aperture (as you have already)
* If the car is moving that fast, you should pre-focus and anticipate, or perfect your panning technique
* Turn off SR (especially if using panning)
* Use trailing-curtain-sync on the flash
If the flash becomes the predominant light source, then don't worry too much about the shutter speed - the flash should freeze the majority of the shot. In fact, you probably want to use a slow-ish shutter speed, with panning, and trailing-curtain-sync on the flash (you'll then get "motion blur" with the car well defined by the flash burst).
Hope that helps!
Matt
That will increase the flash gun's effective range and ability (that's why the shots were underexposed - you were asking too much of the relatively small flash gun. You'll need a flashgun the size of a large brick to shoot in a large indoor space with ISO100 )
My recommendation:
* Use ISO between 400 and 1600
* Shoot RAW if you can (it will give you extra lattitude later)
* Use a wide-ish aperture (as you have already)
* If the car is moving that fast, you should pre-focus and anticipate, or perfect your panning technique
* Turn off SR (especially if using panning)
* Use trailing-curtain-sync on the flash
If the flash becomes the predominant light source, then don't worry too much about the shutter speed - the flash should freeze the majority of the shot. In fact, you probably want to use a slow-ish shutter speed, with panning, and trailing-curtain-sync on the flash (you'll then get "motion blur" with the car well defined by the flash burst).
Hope that helps!
Matt
http://www.mattmatic.co.uk
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Posted 05/01/2009 - 14:16
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sonicthegoldfish wrote:
I do have a AF360 FGZ flash gun, but wanted to do continous shooting. I am fine outdoors...
and too add on the rest, if you use an higer iso you can drop the outputt of your flash so it can flash 3 or 4 times continously.I do have a AF360 FGZ flash gun, but wanted to do continous shooting. I am fine outdoors...
It might be a fun idea to use the flash at trailing curtain mode so that you get those speed lines like this link
Good luck shooting
Stefan
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DA* 16-50, DA* 50-135, D-FA 100 Macro, DA 40 Ltd, DA 18-55
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K10D, K5
DA* 16-50, DA* 50-135, D-FA 100 Macro, DA 40 Ltd, DA 18-55
AF-540FGZ
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I like taking pictures of radio control cars. I went to an indoor event yesterday, but was having difficulty in finding a decent shutter speed?
I was finding that a stop of F4.5 with a ss of 1/45-90 was showing alot of blur, but if i up the ss to 1/1000@ f4.5 i was getting dark shots...
These cars were doing between 30-50mph, these were indoor, a school hall, it was well lit.
Please help me.....
Im using a K10D