Picture taking from moving car
Oct 11, 2018 12:17:28 #
Oct 11, 2018 12:31:05 #
nikonbug wrote:
When you get out, will you still be stupid?
Yes, when the person gets out they will still be stupid but society will have been safe from that stupidity for the whole period.
Oct 11, 2018 12:52:54 #
I shot this from a moving car, out the passenger window, at about 70 mph. Think it came out OK, and I would have had the wife stop but there was no place to pull over and I didn't want to miss the shot... Manual setting, f8, 1/1000 sec., Auto Iso.
Oct 11, 2018 13:27:26 #
rglucroft wrote:
I am planning a road trip and would like to take pictures of the passing scenery. What settings would you suggest when travelling at 70mph. I am using an Olympus OM-D-EM1 camera.
At 70mph you are traveling 102.7 feet every second or 1,232 inches.. Using a 1/1000 sec shutter speed your subject will have traveled 1.232 inches. Ad to that camera shake. I would not use anything less than 1/1000 sec and if I could I would use even faster such as 1/4000 sec. I would put the camera on shutter priority at the fastest speed. Good luck
Oct 11, 2018 13:37:13 #
ORpilot wrote:
At 70mph you are traveling 102.7 feet every second or 1,232 inches.. Using a 1/1000 sec shutter speed your subject will have traveled 1.232 inches. Ad to that camera shake. I would not use anything less than 1/1000 sec and if I could I would use even faster such as 1/4000 sec. I would put the camera on shutter priority at the fastest speed. Good luck
You need to try those inferior m4/3 cameras with amazing image stabilization. You don’t need that high of an iso.
Oct 11, 2018 13:45:49 #
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
rglucroft wrote:
I am planning a road trip and would like to take pictures of the passing scenery. What settings would you suggest when travelling at 70mph. I am using an Olympus OM-D-EM1 camera.
1/4000 sec. and roll the window down
Oct 11, 2018 13:47:17 #
By chance I just made a few images of Estero Bay near Cayucos CA yesterday morning while driving South on CA Highway 1. It was a moody sky that attracted my attention. The car was moving at 63 mph. The image was captured with my Nikon A900 camera on the widest focal length. The camera was on shutter speed 1/800th second with an ISO of 80.
Oct 11, 2018 13:49:33 #
willowstick
Loc: Northern Alberta,Canada
My wife drives me crazy with her pic taking out of the car windows [ front and side ] and she gets some
reasonably good shots. It takes some practice and experimenting. When she is driving I have tried it
with limited success. good luck on your experiment.
reasonably good shots. It takes some practice and experimenting. When she is driving I have tried it
with limited success. good luck on your experiment.
Oct 11, 2018 14:17:55 #
With the camera held at 90 degrees to the direction of travel, a 70mph speed translates down to 1,232 inches/sec. At a shutter speed of 1/500 sec. the camera would have moved 2.464 inches horizontally in the direction of travel; depending on lens focal length, magnification and subject distance motion blur could be decreased considerably. Wide angle lenses work best.
Oct 11, 2018 15:27:13 #
Well...it appears you have plenty of food for thought on your venture into photography @ 70mph !! I have been doing this for a number of years (not driving)...as often as possible with the window down...and have tried many different settings..and have found, letting the camera do the work
at scene setting ⦠sports ⦠which will give you a quick shutter speed under the conditions. I never try to shoot anything close/near the hiway unless my husband slows down to a crawl...not too frequent !! Having trashed the poor shots, I, then crop out the lower portion of the shot which will, undoubtedly offer grass and bushes blurred. A few weeks ago I posted a shot of a set of 'present day windmills with an old windmill adjacent'
Just do not expect any spectacular ! Then, if you get that great shot you will be pleased. Attached is one I took in December..not the best of the bunch, but a fairly good example of what can be done. HAVE FUN !! and...remember....shooting digital is certainly a lot cheaper than shooting film !!
at scene setting ⦠sports ⦠which will give you a quick shutter speed under the conditions. I never try to shoot anything close/near the hiway unless my husband slows down to a crawl...not too frequent !! Having trashed the poor shots, I, then crop out the lower portion of the shot which will, undoubtedly offer grass and bushes blurred. A few weeks ago I posted a shot of a set of 'present day windmills with an old windmill adjacent'
Just do not expect any spectacular ! Then, if you get that great shot you will be pleased. Attached is one I took in December..not the best of the bunch, but a fairly good example of what can be done. HAVE FUN !! and...remember....shooting digital is certainly a lot cheaper than shooting film !!
Oct 11, 2018 16:12:55 #
I set my camera on sports mode and get some great shots --by the way Husband is driving
Oct 11, 2018 20:01:53 #
I'd suggest 0 mph. Yep, stop and get the arf off your arse and breathe some fresh air, stretch it out a bit or NOT and miss being there.
Oct 11, 2018 20:10:02 #
rglucroft wrote:
I am planning a road trip and would like to take pictures of the passing scenery. What settings would you suggest when travelling at 70mph. I am using an Olympus OM-D-EM1 camera.
LMAO
Oct 11, 2018 20:40:39 #
papa wrote:
I'd suggest 0 mph. Yep, stop and get the arf off your arse and breathe some fresh air, stretch it out a bit or NOT and miss being there.
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Oct 11, 2018 22:16:02 #
I often take pics while hubby is driving, either with my cellphone or Canon EOS Rebel t2i. Obviously, with the window rolled down is best, though I have a decent collection of highway pics taken straight through the windshield. Fast shutter speed is best. Usually scenery is what I'm trying to capture, not speed blur. Frankly, many pics are taken to relieve the boredom of driving through the plains states, but the pics are enjoyable afterward.
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