Any photographers in here?

WillD said:
Support structure above it?

Doesn't look like there is one in FunkyBuddha's picture/example unless I'm misunderstanding what you're talking about.
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Mine's aluminum. It sags a bit. The weight of the clamp, arm, cam and lens is about 5lbs already.
 
yeah, mine doesn't sag until you put the camera+arm on. Then it dips quite a lot. Oh well, it still works pretty well!
 
does anyone have any tips on how to shoot cars while at a race track with a fully manual film camera? i'm going on saturday and would love to get some shots with my film but i've only dealt with motionless objects lol
 
Work on Panning. Like twisting your torso while holding the cam steady. ISO400 film so you can get a pretty good shutter speed.
 
how does this look for a quality photo? :)

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ok... the subject (the hot sauce things) is underexposed. The whole image would benefit from a bump in contrast, as it looks pretty flat. The blacks aren't black enough. you should try to reflect some of that window light back at the subject so that it's not so backlit. either that or a flash. Keep shooting and experimenting though!
 
oh i wasnt trying to make a good looking picture. just showing off all my new ghost chili goodies :D the "quality" was in the content

there will probably be a video up here at some point when i get some friends together to try to pepper flakes on some pizza
 
FunkyBuddha said:
Mine's aluminum. It sags a bit. The weight of the clamp, arm, cam and lens is about 5lbs already.
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sleeper3 said:
yeah, mine doesn't sag until you put the camera+arm on. Then it dips quite a lot. Oh well, it still works pretty well!
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So how fast do you guys drive when getting shots with your rigs? After a quick perusal of the POTN thread it doesn't look like it needs to be, or can be depending on the quality of the rig, that fast. But at the same time I might be looking into adding a ND filter or two to my bag.

On a somewhat unrelated topic, have either of you done relatively high speed stuff with a DSLR on a vacuum cup, or triangulation kit, mounted close to the side of the car?

The ManLaw said:
does anyone have any tips on how to shoot cars while at a race track with a fully manual film camera? i'm going on saturday and would love to get some shots with my film but i've only dealt with motionless objects lol
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FunkyBuddha said:
Work on Panning. Like twisting your torso while holding the cam steady. ISO400 film so you can get a pretty good shutter speed.
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I've never tried shooting motorsports stuff with a film camera because I take way too many pictures, and a good portion of them are throw aways anyways. That said, with digital I've never had a problem shooting ISO100. I often use slower shutter speeds in the 1/60 - 1/125 range depending on the speed of the car where I am shooting it. If you want to stop movement of the car which gives a much greater chance of an in-focus picture then you will need a higher shutter speed than that obviously.

Depending on what lens you are shooting with a monopod can make like way easier too.

Here's one I did from last August. ISO100, F/18, 1/50s, 163mm. I know you said that your camera is full manual, but I was using shutter priority when I took that one. I use that about 50% of the time when doing motorsports stuff.
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Here's another one where I completely froze the cars on the track. Shutter speed was 1/320, ISO100, F/8, 240mm. If I was shooting film, meaning I didn't have the aid of an LCD screen to tell me if I'm screwing up every panning shot or not I'd probably go for something like this as I think it is easier to make.
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got some solar powered light up dealies in the garden. was able to snap one pic until the mosquitos really started going to town on me

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^that looks like windows default wallpaper! really like it!

those stormtrooper pictures are so awesome. Ive got a few more of these dolls and Im just trying to figure out where to pose them.
 
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