Yayyy....you will only get better as you keep at it. Glad that you are getting positive results
GS On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 8:28 PM, Martin Bray <[email protected]>wrote: > 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. > > -- 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.
