Continuous shooting

[LensOfLondon]

Hi,

I am fairly new to photography and wondered if any one could help me!

Are there disadvantages in using the 'continuous shooting' function?

I am thinking of using this setting for a concert.

Any Thoughts??

Stacie

 

[Blue Eagle]

Well there are two options really, focus and wait for the moment, or take 3-4 shots and the best.

I find I miss shots due to the camera refocussing in between shots, so the fps is greatly reduced, so i prefer just to wait for the moment.

 

[mr_pants]

The only real drawback is that you could end up taking too many pictures. You could easily fill up the buffer of the camera and have to wait to be able to take the next shot and miss an opportunity in the meantime.

Perhaps use this mode, but only for short bursts, to get a couple of shots of the same scene, in case you catch someone with eyes closed or with a strange facial expression.

 

[LensOfLondon]

The only real drawback is that you could end up taking too many pictures. You could easily fill up the buffer of the camera and have to wait to be able to take the next shot and miss an opportunity in the meantime.

Perhaps use this mode, but only for short bursts, to get a couple of shots of the same scene, in case you catch someone with eyes closed or with a strange facial expression.

Sorry I have no idea what you mean when your talking about the buffer of the camera, please explain..

Thanks

 

[mr_pants]

Sorry I have no idea what you mean when your talking about the buffer of the camera, please explain..

Thanks

The camera has a built-in memory. That is where the photos are first shoved to. The contents of this memory are then processed and written to the memory card. If you take too many photos too quickly, this in-built memory gets full and the camera will not take any more pictures until enough space has been freed up in it.

 

[LensOfLondon]

The camera has a built-in memory. That is where the photos are first shoved to. The contents of this memory are then processed and written to the memory card. If you take too many photos too quickly, this in-built memory gets full and the camera will not take any more pictures until enough space has been freed up in it.

I see. I am just worried about not getting enough good shots! Thanks

 

[david1701]

none really for gigs, when working with lights you miss shots due to the recylce

 

[awp]

Try before you go! Don't know what camera you have but I'd certainly shoot in bursts if I was shooting this gig.

 

[inaneredstripe]

Sometimes usefull if your trying to capture someone running across a stage and jumping into the air or something.
use short bursts of four or five shots maybe.
the down side is you fill your card alarmingly quickly as its easy to machine gun away.
still no real substitute for grabbing THE shot.
i often tend to pick a band member and look for a specific shot that i like.
ok at the smaller gigs i do, where you can shoot the whole gig.
not fun if your working under the "three songs and off" rule.

 

[LensOfLondon]

Sometimes usefull if your trying to capture someone running across a stage and jumping into the air or something.
use short bursts of four or five shots maybe.
the down side is you fill your card alarmingly quickly as its easy to machine gun away.
still no real substitute for grabbing THE shot.
i often tend to pick a band member and look for a specific shot that i like.
ok at the smaller gigs i do, where you can shoot the whole gig.
not fun if your working under the "three songs and off" rule.

I think it will be a three song rule, so not much time!

 

[whiteflyer]

You don't say which camera you have, so things may vary a little, but you can use continuous shooting with the focus mode set to AIServo . This is how most sport photographers work. The camera will try to predicted a moving subject and refocus in between each shot, and you should get on say a Canon 40D around 5 in focus shot every second.

mr-pants says what I would do and for the same reason (short burst, to avoid someone bilking in your photos.) With the 3 song rule just machine gun away, you'll be surprised how quickly 3 songs go by.

With continuous shooting you camera buffer will fill up, but the camera will not then stop shooting until the buffer is empty, just the frames per second rate will just slow right down as the buffer is emptied (this is the reason to use high speed memory cards) Now depending on what camera you have and if you shoot RAW of Jpegs you'll get varying amounts of shoots and frame rates .

Canon 550D shooting JPRG/Fine at 3.5 fps you'll get 170 shoot before the buffer is full, so 48 seconds of continuous shooting.
Canon 1D IV shooting RAW at 10 fps you fill the buffer at 28 shoots so just 2.8 seconds of continuous shooting.

 

[LensOfLondon]

You don't say which camera you have, so things may vary a little, but you can use continuous shooting with the focus mode set to AIServo . This is how most sport photographers work. The camera will try to predicted a moving subject and refocus in between each shot, and you should get on say a Canon 40D around 5 in focus shot every second.

mr-pants says what I would do and for the same reason (short burst, to avoid someone bilking in your photos.) With the 3 song rule just machine gun away, you'll be surprised how quickly 3 songs go by.

With continuous shooting you camera buffer will fill up, but the camera will not then stop shooting until the buffer is empty, just the frames per second rate will just slow right down as the buffer is emptied (this is the reason to use high speed memory cards) Now depending on what camera you have and if you shoot RAW of Jpegs you'll get varying amounts of shoots and frame rates .

Canon 550D shooting JPRG/Fine at 3.5 fps you'll get 170 shoot before the buffer is full, so 48 seconds of continuous shooting.
Canon 1D IV shooting RAW at 10 fps you fill the buffer at 28 shoots so just 2.8 seconds of continuous shooting.

Sony A200

 

[mrtoad]

Well there are two options really, focus and wait for the moment, or take 3-4 shots and the best.

I find I miss shots due to the camera refocussing in between shots, so the fps is greatly reduced, so i prefer just to wait for the moment.

continuous for a moving subject and you are panning or keeping it in screen
as mentioned above...play it risky and have everything set...exposure and focus and then let your finger do the walking