Martin, Dot-matrix destination displays are a complete pain for photographers.
The problem arises because they constantly "refresh", i.e. are not "on" all the time time, although the persistence of vision that we have gives the impression that the light coming from them is constant. The only way to guarantee that the display will come out in a photograph is to use a shutter speed of 1/60th of a second or slower. Unfortunately, that will rule out taking photos of moving vehicles. If you want/need to photograph buses on the move it will be "pot luck" whether you fire the shutter at the moment when the display is "on". What you can do (if your camera is so equipped) is to take a burst of (say) three shots and at least one of them should be OK. At least we don't (yet) have this problem in London with TfL-tendered routes ! Peter R. ----- Original Message ----- From: MARTIN BRAY To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2011 4:39 PM Subject: Help - Photographing Stagecoach Destination Blinds I seem unable to consistently photograph Stagecoach vehicles showing their destination blinds, as a proportion of my pictures are showing black screens, normally the pictures that are of real interest. I seem to remember sometime ago Barrie suggesting that I need to use a slow shutter speed because of screen refreshing. I have taken a look at McKenna Brothers website of LED and DOT matrix electronic destination blinds but cannot find any reference to photography. lol. Can anyone explain the technicalties of this. Ta. http://mckennabrothers.co.uk/mckenna/ Regards Martin Bray, Swansea, UK Stagecoach Cymru... http://www.stagecoach-cymru.co.uk Welcome to Margam Depot...http://www.margam-depot.co.uk -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Welsh Bus Photographs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/welsh-bus-photographs?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Welsh Bus Photographs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/welsh-bus-photographs?hl=en.
