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Camera for motion shots

  • 11-11-2009 3:27pm
    #1
    ciors
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10 ✭


    Hey,

    Looking for a bit of advice on the best type of camera for motion shots ie. photos of racing etc. I was looking at a Nikon d3000. Is the frames per second rate that important? i know you need 3 at least but do you really need 8 frames per second for a good shot? Also lens size? I have a basic understanding of cameras but nothing too advanced.

    Thanks


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  • #2
    .Longshanks.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,718 ✭✭✭.Longshanks.


    Motion shots (with the object sharp and background blurred) are all about a single shot at a slow(ish) shutter speed. Frames per second rate doesn't come into it
    The speed of the shutter will depend on how fast the object is moving past your view point


  • #3
    ciors
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10 ✭ciors


    Well i'd mainly be using it for Motorcycle racing so bikes would easily be travelling at 100kph


  • #4
    .Longshanks.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,718 ✭✭✭.Longshanks.


    Dunno how fast this was but it was taken at 1/40

    3429698838_c0579592d8.jpg

    The closer the car / bike to you the quicker you need to swing your camera around to match its motion so the speed of the bike is not so important.
    e.g a airplane high in the sky is moving at 200-300 mph but because is so far away then your motion to match its movement past you is going to be tiny....But a jogger than runs straight past you is going to be the complete opposite


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