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Whats the secret? That its a Twingo?
 
Alok said:
Having a stabiliser that can stabilize vertical motion helps a lot with panning, although it isnt an absolute necessity.
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And having a stabilizer that can't turn it's horizontal stabilization off (either manually, or automatically detecting a panning move) may ruin your shots :)
 
IceBone said:
EDIT: a question to all you DSLR folk: do your lenses or sensors have image stabilisers so you don't get a completely fucked up pic with these long exposure panning shots, or is it all down to practice?
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Practice. Take for example this picture:



That is one of three that turned out well. The other 175 (yes, 175!) I discarded.

When I do panning, I set the camera at either 1/60th of second when overcast, 1/80th of a second when bright out.
 
I've only had my DSLR for a few days, and panning is new to me, biggest problem I find (and i'm using 1/60th) is when cars are coming past/going away, seems to be very easy to get a nice shot completely side on; but as per the other shot I did, if it's moving away, you almost need to be able to pan and adjust zoom/focus to suit.. I don't have enough hands for that :eek:

Here's another I did:

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What a majestic sight, the mighty HiAce :p
 
SileNceR said:
I've only had my DSLR for a few days, and panning is new to me, biggest problem I find (and i'm using 1/60th) is when cars are coming past/going away, seems to be very easy to get a nice shot completely side on; but as per the other shot I did, if it's moving away, you almost need to be able to pan and adjust zoom/focus to suit.. I don't have enough hands for that :eek:
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Adjusting zoom/focus isnt the solution. This thread will answer your questions
http://forums.finalgear.com/showthread.php?t=15104&page=2

One for today: What happens when you wake mmtux up early in the morning after having a cracking party the night before...:p

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is that a reflection in a filter or a porthole to the cage you keep mmtux locked in?
 
IceBone said:
EDIT: a question to all you DSLR folk: do your lenses or sensors have image stabilizers so you don't get a completely fucked up pic with these long exposure panning shots, or is it all down to practice?
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VR/IS is next to useless for panning, they can reduce vertical movement, but that's easy to do anyway. Practice, practice, practice is the only way. You can try a monopod to stabilize the camera if you want, I find them highly annoying and just do it handheld.

1/60-1/80th for vehicles, you can speed up the shutter a bit if the cars are moving really fast. Most of your shots will not be keepers, that's just the nature of the technique.


Example:
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Keep in mind that the amount of background blur is also dependent on focal length, and the more something fills the frame the harder it is to keep sharp. Practice, practice, practice!
 
Keeping the panning theme :p

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Yes I know it's bad, took it by accident
 
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Fifty points to whoever that can say which car is that... and minus fifty if someone says Peugeot :mrgreen:
 
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^ Holy Resize Batman!

pansy

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No mate, that's a Bond Minicar :p
 
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