I had a ride around this morning and ended up in sunny Pontypridd bus station to try out some blitz pictures on the LED blinds.
Initially, I experienced problems in trying to position the third and final blitz image where I wanted the vehicle to be, as if I were taking a single shot. Once I mastered the technique, I reckoned that 85% of the three blitz pictures showed blinds in each picture, 14% showed one black blind and one image contained two black blinds. Bottom line, I would have missed four pictures had i not used the blitz technique. My shutter speed was around 1/250 to 1/400 sec. On Oct 31, 12:59 pm, Graham Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > I think we all find the problem with led blinds, however like others I do > almost always find taking a burst of 2 or 3 shots you will either get the > 2nd one or the middle of 3 with the blind showing. Then review and delete > the ones that are trash. > > The practise is in knowing when taking a moving vehicle when to fire off > the 1st one - that will be black and is thus trash - so that the shot with > the blind showing is reasonably centred in the frame. This bit comes down > to a bit of trail & error and a bit of practise to hone your skill on > timings. Stationary is pretty easy but not always possible, plus in high > summer you really can't use a 1/60 speed as everything is white-out > > I've always found a approximate multiple of 60 for the shutter speed to > work, so 1/125; 180; 250; 320; 640; 1250 are ok, shutter speeds > that aren't a rough multiple of 60 don't - 1/500; 800; 1000; 1600. > Is the same on my current Sony NEX3 and previous Kyocera M410R. The quirk > of using a "toy-digi" camera with a screen is that you can actually see the > led's refreshing... > > GS > > > > On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 10:55 AM, Luke <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes, Stagecoach use Hanover as do First, Arriva and the majority of other > > companies (unless they have acquired vehicles with others through takeovers > > etc). There are also many however that opt for Mobitec, particularly > > smaller companies and independents. Newport Bus is an example of one. I > > don't know any of the technical stuff so unfortunately I can't tell you > > their actual refresh rate > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Welsh Bus Photographs" group. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > >https://groups.google.com/d/msg/welsh-bus-photographs/-/PxPO_zUtZEQJ. > > > 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.- Hide quoted > >text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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.
