Girls of Summer - Elusive (soft)Ball on Bat caught
Apr 17, 2019 08:02:01 #
As far as I can tell from my quick and unverified research they say that the bat bending like that may decrease the size of the sweet spot ergo reduce the bat's effectiveness. That said there is a whole dedicated religion or science that proves their favorite bat is the best. The link I used is below if you want to go further down the rabbit hole. Thanks everyone! -Jim
https://www.batsfinder.com/aluminum-and-composite-bbcor-bats/
https://www.batsfinder.com/aluminum-and-composite-bbcor-bats/
Apr 17, 2019 08:06:01 #
jcspics wrote:
As far as I can tell from my quick and unverified research they say that the bat bending like that may decrease the size of the sweet spot ergo reduce the bat's effectiveness. That said there is a whole dedicated religion or science that proves their favorite bat is the best. The link I used is below if you want to go further down the rabbit hole. Thanks everyone! -Jim
https://www.batsfinder.com/aluminum-and-composite-bbcor-bats/
https://www.batsfinder.com/aluminum-and-composite-bbcor-bats/
Interesting...I thought the bat shape would have the opposite effect. Good thing I’m not in the bat business😊
Apr 17, 2019 09:12:12 #
I agree. These are great action shots. No faces necessary. What camera ? Settings ? Lens ? Paul
Apr 17, 2019 10:56:55 #
bent bat shutter speed could be a bit faster. Notice the ball is also not round.
Apr 17, 2019 11:08:46 #
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Apr 17, 2019 15:48:19 #
Guyserman
Loc: Benton, AR
nikonbug wrote:
It could be the effect of "rolling shutter". I took pictures from the China bullet train at 200 mph and the telephone poles were all curved almost to the ground. Same effect here. The bat is recorded at different spots on the sensor as it moves. You can see the effect on airplane propellers too.
Bingo! You can't see his exif data but I'll bet it was a very fast electronic shutter which created the "rolling shutter" effect.
Apr 17, 2019 20:06:47 #
I believe it is due to a focal plane shutter. Old time news photos of race cars showed oval tires from the same cause.
Apr 17, 2019 23:58:16 #
Guyserman
Loc: Benton, AR
ab7rn wrote:
I believe it is due to a focal plane shutter. Old time news photos of race cars showed oval tires from the same cause.
When a focal plane shutter was set to a very fast shutter speed the closing curtain would follow closely behind the opening curtain allowing only a small slit between the two curtains to sweep across the film and the slight difference in time between starting the sweep and completing the sweep would allow fast moving subjects to be distorted.
The same phenomenon occurs with an electronic shutter. In a mirrorless camera set to electronic shutter, the sensor is exposed to light continually. A picture is recorded when in a moment in time the state of the sensor pixels is saved. To record continuous shooting at speeds upwards of 1/16000 of a second (maybe faster) the state of the pixels is recorded in a sweep of the pixels rows. Thus a fast moving subject could move in that interval of time between the recording of the first and last rows.
I'm sure others can explain this better and more completely than I have.
Apr 18, 2019 01:04:37 #
jcspics wrote:
Not exactly sure what that's about??? I was kinda hoping that someone might have some insight. I think that the bat might be damaged but I'm open to other opinions.
I was wondering if you were using the electronic shutter rather than the mechanical shutter in which case you may be seeing the effects of the rolling shutter.
Apr 18, 2019 10:37:38 #
I've taken a lot of these kind of shots but this is the 1st time I've seen one that shows the torque in the bat as in #1. Good catch!
Apr 18, 2019 20:26:10 #
pnittoly wrote:
I agree. These are great action shots. No faces necessary. What camera ? Settings ? Lens ? Paul
Thanks for all the comments and you're right I should've put the EXIF data in this post...
Nikon D7200 (love these and have three!), 70-200mm VR, 1/2000 SS, f/2.8, and I used 'cloudy' WB on these until the sun came out then changed it to 'sunny'.
-Jim
Apr 18, 2019 20:30:50 #
raymondh wrote:
I've taken a lot of these kind of shots but this is the 1st time I've seen one that shows the torque in the bat as in #1. Good catch!
Guys that bent bat is due to the type of bat she is using not shutter effect. There is a composite bat that bends now and is supposed to be safer. I know I didn't understand what was going on either but after researching it a little that was the explanation I found....
https://www.batsfinder.com/aluminum-and-composite-bbcor-bats/
Thanks everyone! Check out my FB to see more: https://www.facebook.com/jcspics
-Jim
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