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- fusionpixel
what are the best settings to take pictures with movement?
Like people runing and stuff. All my images look blurry even though I am using the default "action" setting in my camera.
PowerShot A70
- tank0
big diafragma opening 4.7 or something,high shutterspeed....
that outta do it
- fusionpixel0
I have the ISO speed to 400, but I cant put it to anything greater than that.
F = 2.8
1/100Basicly I am playing with it at the moment. trying to see what works.
- sykosis0
you freeze motion between 250 and 500... so I would do it at something like that
- vburo0
1/100 is way too slow, go for at least 1/500..
mind you,the better sports photographers use very expensive Canon's with extremely wide aperture lenses and ultrafast shutterpeeds.
- mg330
tank,
the words "big diaphragm opening" just don't site right with me...
- thenuge0
you will need to use the highest shutterspeed you can without compromising light. try bumping up your film speed if your image is too dark
- fusionpixel0
1/100 is way too slow, go for at least 1/500..
mind you,the better sports photographers use very expensive Canon's with extremely wide aperture lenses and ultrafast shutterpeeds.
vburo
(May 2 05, 14:41)----
thanks for the tip.
I was trying 1/100 mainly because the lighting was not good and the flash makes it too bright after taking the picture.
Anyways. I get the idea better now.
So is there anyway to freeze movement in low light? either for close shots of for long distance?
oh, and yeah I gave an example of the runer, and I know they must have really expensive cameras but that was easier to explain that I want to capture fast movement.
- Mimio0
Push the shutter faster.
- ribit0
try using the flash but only at the at end of the exposure (whats the name for that...'trailing curtain' ?), and turn flash compensation down so it freezes the action but you still record the natural light for the background (does your camera have those settings?)
- vburo0
mg33, diafragma is dutch for aperture.
- spiralstarez0
a composition trick rather than settings:
If you don't mind the background being a bit blurry and the direction is predictable on your subject, move/pivot your head/camera along with your moving subject.
Not suitable for everything though, like I said makes bg blurry and tough if you can't predict motion of your subject.
- vburo0
"So is there anyway to freeze movement in low light? either for close shots of for long distance?"
beam up the ISO to 1200, 1600 or even 3200 if you can..
but then you get loads of noise.. and on film you'd get lots of grain.
ideally you'd work on film and preferrably middle or large format.. :)
but that is rather radical, it all depends on what you will use it for..
but with a digi camera trying to freeze movement in low light is like trying to milk an ant with boxing gloves (sort of a dutch saying haha)..
- mg330
HA! I thought he misspelled it!
LOL
- fusionpixel0
yeah, i was playing with the flash output. and it seems to capture some of the flash and leaving some of the natural light in it.
Thanks for all the tips. This will help me to get better pics.
Here is a pic with static items
and here is one with just a slight movement.
you can see how the head of the dog is blury just by moving his head to the side.
now I just have to practice to get the right images.
- NegativeSpace0
Was just going to suggest what spiralstarez said.
I find that really helps too, like if you are shooting a racing car and hold the camera in one position at high shutter speed, it might look really static, and if the shutter speed is two low you will have a blur though your photo, if you follow the subject right you can get the subject pretty crisp with the background blurry w/ good sense of movement.
- fusionpixel0
but with a digi camera trying to freeze movement in low light is like trying to milk an ant with boxing gloves (sort of a dutch saying haha)..
vburo
(May 2 05, 15:02)hahahaha
thanks for the explanation.
The camera I have only have ISO 400, so yeah miling the ant will be difficult
- fusionpixel0
yeah, then you can use the Unblur filter from PS2 ;)
jk
- vburo0
yeah moving the camera with the subject is also a possibility. we had to practice stuff like that lots back on the photography academy..
- meok0
Faster shutter speed is a given. But also make sure your focus is locked on the right subject. Especially while shooting wide open, your depth of field is so narrow that a slight off-focusing will make your subject blurry.