Timing - Frames per Second
Apr 20, 2012 19:47:06 #
I have a Fuji Finepix S9600. (Looks like an SLR but has a fixed lens, 28 - 300) It will shoot at 3 frames per second. I found out how slow that is when I went out to shoot horses jumping - hunts, Pony Club days etc. Auto focus meant time spent searching each shot so I'd be lucky to get the end of the tail in the first picture.
The REMEDY for that was to change to Manual focus, focus on the jump and wait. That eliminates the focussing time. Then shoot trying to get the timing right. .There is still a delay after the button is pushed and that had to be calculated mentally. That's when I found out how slow "mental" is!
I also found out how fast a horse in mid air is. It can go a long way in a third of a second, specially if I'm looking for the hooves to be just past the jump and still turned under.
My grandfather clock for 50 frames per second!
Mike
The REMEDY for that was to change to Manual focus, focus on the jump and wait. That eliminates the focussing time. Then shoot trying to get the timing right. .There is still a delay after the button is pushed and that had to be calculated mentally. That's when I found out how slow "mental" is!
I also found out how fast a horse in mid air is. It can go a long way in a third of a second, specially if I'm looking for the hooves to be just past the jump and still turned under.
My grandfather clock for 50 frames per second!
Mike
Apr 20, 2012 20:26:58 #
Apr 20, 2012 22:53:22 #
To get faster shots you might think of upgrading to a DSLR. They are almost instant.
Apr 20, 2012 23:16:47 #
Acountry330 wrote:
To get faster shots you might think of upgrading to a DSLR. They are almost instant.
Don't I know it though!
Apr 21, 2012 01:04:24 #
Think about it... If you have a camera that will take 100 fps and you are shooting at 1/1000 sec., in one second you have captured 100/1000 of the action in that second and missed the other 90% of the action. Speed is not everything.
Apr 21, 2012 01:21:49 #
Apr 21, 2012 02:00:00 #
Bill41 wrote:
Think about it... If you have a camera that will take 100 fps and you are shooting at 1/1000 sec., in one second you have captured 100/1000 of the action in that second and missed the other 90% of the action. Speed is not everything.
Yeah.......but 3?
And I had a flash that was guaranteed for two-and-a-half seconds!
Apr 21, 2012 02:09:37 #
Bill41 wrote:
Think about it... If you have a camera that will take 100 fps and you are shooting at 1/1000 sec., in one second you have captured 100/1000 of the action in that second and missed the other 90% of the action. Speed is not everything.
Yeah........but 3?
I had a flash the salesman said was good. Guaranteed it for two-and-a-half seconds.
And speed may not be everything but it can make up for a lot. My girlfriend says I may not be very good but I am, at least, quick!
Apr 21, 2012 08:58:38 #
Thanks Prof. Glad you enjoyed 'em. I put them up in General Photography discussion as a problem solved rather than for appreciation, and they got moved here.
Mike.
Mike.
Apr 21, 2012 09:29:54 #
docrob
Loc: Durango, Colorado
MIKE GALLAGHER wrote:
quote=Bill41 Think about it... If you have a cam... (show quote)
...........ummmm was she referring to your photography or.......
Apr 21, 2012 09:42:39 #
Apr 21, 2012 10:04:08 #
Apr 21, 2012 10:06:01 #
MIKE GALLAGHER wrote:
I have a Fuji Finepix S9600. (Looks like an SLR bu... (show quote)
Great sequence! Fine captures!
Apr 21, 2012 10:11:33 #
Thank you richnash46. It's gratifying that you should think so, and encouraging too.
Apr 21, 2012 10:40:58 #
MIKE GALLAGHER wrote:
quote=Bill41 Think about it... If you have a cam... (show quote)
Are you really, really sure you want to use that as an example of the advantage of speed? LOL
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