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
Bmac
Loc: Long Island, NY
Thanks for the info, story, and great shots Mike. :thumbup:
To get faster shots you might think of upgrading to a DSLR. They are almost instant.
BHC
Loc: Strawberry Valley, JF, USA
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.
Terrific series. Nicely done.
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!
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!
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 GALLAGHER wrote:
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!
quote=Bill41 Think about it... If you have a cam... (
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...........ummmm was she referring to your photography or.......
Docrob:
I THINK so.............
MIKE GALLAGHER wrote:
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
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Great sequence! Fine captures!
Thank you richnash46. It's gratifying that you should think so, and encouraging too.
BHC
Loc: Strawberry Valley, JF, USA
MIKE GALLAGHER wrote:
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!
quote=Bill41 Think about it... If you have a cam... (
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Are you really, really sure you want to use that as an example of the advantage of speed? LOL
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