How low can you go?

1/20th at Brands Hatch yesterday.
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and 1/13th
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OK. Here's one at 1/40 sec. Snetterton on a wet dark day, ISO 200. Nothing special about the panning technique, just set the focus mode to AF-C, which continues focus movement after the initial focus is obtained. Hold it steady wth the VR on.

Model: NIKON D40X
DateTimeOriginal: 2008:11:02 15:21:51
ExposureTime: 1/40"
Aperture: F4.8
MaxAperture: F4.6
DepthOfFocus: 8.54 m (17.70 - 26.23)
ExposureProgram: Shutter speed priority AE
ExposureBiasValue: 0
MeteringMode: Center-weighted average
WhiteBalance: Cloudy
FocalLength35efl: 102.0 mm (35 mm equivalent: 153.0 mm)
NoiseReduction: Off
LensSpec: 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 G VR
ISO: 200


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Tour Britannia 2008, 1/30th :wave:
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1/6th of a second, manual focus lens, first shot of the day at oulton park a few years back
 
I'm sure some of you must have robotic arms. Anything lower than 1/80 and I'm really struggling. Usually 1/160 is OK for me and I've been told I'm not a bad panner lol.
 
Orange Peel said:
I'm sure some of you must have robotic arms. Anything lower than 1/80 and I'm really struggling. Usually 1/160 is OK for me and I've been told I'm not a bad panner lol.
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Practice, lots of practice. I am just getting 1/80 after trying for 3-5 race meetings/trackdays.

If you want to see what practice can do, look at ukaskew's work!!
 
Mike Hoyer said:
Probably easier with a point and shoot, you're not swinging a few kilos around.
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Maybe I'm odd, but I prefer swinging a few kilos around. In fact along with practice I've found added weight has helped quite bit over the past two years, I found swinging a D50 and 80-200 2.8 AF-S (2kg) around much easier than the little Sigma 70-300 I owned before it, and now I'm well over 3kg (D90 + Sigma 120-300 2.8)

If nothing else it smooths out my panning motion, and a big weight seems to be less effected by the wind (which less face it, is a problem at 90% of events in the UK!)

That brings me onto another point actually, monopod or no monopod? I own one but have used it sparingly to say the least, I just can't get to grips with how limiting they are.
 
ukaskew said:
Maybe I'm odd, but I prefer swinging a few kilos around. In fact along with practice I've found added weight has helped quite bit over the past two years, I found swinging a D50 and 80-200 2.8 AF-S (2kg) around much easier than the little Sigma 70-300 I owned before it, and now I'm well over 3kg (D90 + Sigma 120-300 2.8)
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Got to say I think I agree. Took this one several years ago at an indoor kart track, 1/60 on a little kodak P&S, shutter speed being induced more by the camera detecting the low light rather than any skills on my part, and of a set of maybe 15 shots this was the only one you could consider worth keeping, and then its only just. I recall just not baing able to pan properly with it, but worse, the shutter lag was horendous. I much prefer the current big kit, I find it much easier to keep it all stable and smooth whilst panning and when the viewfinder opens again, I am, 9 times out of 10, still in line with the car.

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