rolling shots?
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rolling shots?
Some friends of mine want me to take some photos of their cars this weekend. They want some rolling shots. Can anyone recomend a techneique they used or recomend a certain way to do it? Ive never done it before and im just unsure.
ill be using
canon rebel xt, kit lens, 50 f/1.8, peleng 8mm fisheye, 28-80, and a 75-300
out of what I got can someone recomend whats best? thanx
ill be using
canon rebel xt, kit lens, 50 f/1.8, peleng 8mm fisheye, 28-80, and a 75-300
out of what I got can someone recomend whats best? thanx
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Okay, my method is....
DISCLAIMER:
Extremely dangerous, not to be attempted by anyone, anywhere, anyhow, anytime, EVER.
ISCLAIMER
I was riding in the passenger seat of my friend's car, he was in the left lane, and the subject car was in the right. I had my 5D+35L on the end of a monopod with a remote switch, and stuck that whole unit out the window, towards the ground, angled up at the subject.
I don't know the custom functions on the Rebel XT, but hopefully it has the one like on the other bodies to pull the autofocus back to the * button (usually CF #4). You want that, especially with the remote switch, so it doesn't focus every time. This way you can preset the focus manually and just go for it.
As for exposure, I left it on Av, I think I was at f/8, but that's your decision. Especially when you're shooting blind the extra DOF provides a bigger "fudge factor" for hitting the focus. I was using the continuous auto bracketing by about 1 or 1.3 stops +/-, set the middle exposure a little high or low depending on what color car you're shooting (white car, underexpose a bit, black car overexpose a bit)
Of course that's if you want low angle shots, in a convertible, just drop the top, turn around and go for it.
Shoot for shutter speeds in the 1/50th range or so, but that depends on how fast you're going. Too slow a shutter and you'll see the camera shake, which will trash the whole shot. Too fast and you won't get that wheel blur/background streaking that you're looking for. I'll post up a pic of a friend's car I did in a bit.
DISCLAIMER:
Extremely dangerous, not to be attempted by anyone, anywhere, anyhow, anytime, EVER.
ISCLAIMERI was riding in the passenger seat of my friend's car, he was in the left lane, and the subject car was in the right. I had my 5D+35L on the end of a monopod with a remote switch, and stuck that whole unit out the window, towards the ground, angled up at the subject.
I don't know the custom functions on the Rebel XT, but hopefully it has the one like on the other bodies to pull the autofocus back to the * button (usually CF #4). You want that, especially with the remote switch, so it doesn't focus every time. This way you can preset the focus manually and just go for it.
As for exposure, I left it on Av, I think I was at f/8, but that's your decision. Especially when you're shooting blind the extra DOF provides a bigger "fudge factor" for hitting the focus. I was using the continuous auto bracketing by about 1 or 1.3 stops +/-, set the middle exposure a little high or low depending on what color car you're shooting (white car, underexpose a bit, black car overexpose a bit)
Of course that's if you want low angle shots, in a convertible, just drop the top, turn around and go for it.
Shoot for shutter speeds in the 1/50th range or so, but that depends on how fast you're going. Too slow a shutter and you'll see the camera shake, which will trash the whole shot. Too fast and you won't get that wheel blur/background streaking that you're looking for. I'll post up a pic of a friend's car I did in a bit.
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It is pretty dangerous to get some nice shots.
I usually stick the whole top half of my body out the window with the camera (doing like 40mph) and take like 100 pictures of different angles and positions. Usually 5% or so come out great.
I usually stick the whole top half of my body out the window with the camera (doing like 40mph) and take like 100 pictures of different angles and positions. Usually 5% or so come out great.
