Panning shot settings?

ziengler

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HI ,
I have been facing some issue getting r-d1 to do panning shot for moving object focused and blurred background..

Just curious, what f stop and shutter speed would usually works fine?

as for the sequence, do you actually bulb all the way while u move the camera, or just pan and during the last moment hit on the shutter??

I usually run a norton 40mm f1.4 for this kinda shot:D
 
Use slow-ish shutter speed, but not too slow... say 1/15 or 1/30 works for me and the background gets blurrier with longer lenses.
 
With a 35mm 1/30, and a widish aperture adds to the background blur. Pan at the same speed as the moving object and trip the shutter after getting the speed right.

This one I got right:

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This one I was too slow:

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So the last one only had his right foot still in the frame. Both at 1/30s.
 
thx got it!!

thx got it!!

hi guys thx for the sharing...
just tried out the panning shot works marvelous at 1/30 1/15 :)
 

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good one. Usually just prepare yourself that out of 10 you will have ~3 right :D

I did this one with 50mm and 1/30. (Its not perfect). Everything above this speed will not work, at least not for me.

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If you can do simple mental arithmetic, remember 60 MPH is 88 feet per second (do a rough conversion if you think metric) then think about your shutter speed.

i.e. at 1/90, something going 60 MPH will move 1 foot. Or something doing 15 MPH will move 1/4 foot = 3 inches. (or metric equivalent) Think about how much the background will move if you pan with the subject.

It is really simple if you keep rounding and approximating. Don't jab in the dark, figure it out.
 
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