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Hi guys. I went out today to try out, learn and practise with the tracking AF on my Sony a6600. Just cars in the high road, me pointing my camera with drivers probably thinking I'm a policeman clocking them.
First I wanted to see if I could freeze the cars. That wasn't too hard, I put my shutter speed to 1/1250 and got clean shots. All I had to do was wait for the car to come into my focus box. I tested the same on people walking by and also was able to freeze them cleanly.
The problem I'm having is trying to get the effect where the background is blurred, the wheels show they're in motion, but the car or motorbike is kept sharp and in focus. I put the shutter speed to 1/50 and 1/30. I got half a dozen reasonably decent (but nothing really that would be good enough as a keeper if I were at a motorsports event) but all the others were full of motion blur, absolutely terrible. I'm set to continuous focus and using a green tracking box that locks on and stays with the car.
As a car came towards me, I locked focus on it and panned with it. But apart from a small handful that were ok, I never found a rhythm to get me good results every time. I never really knew what I did right to get the half decent ones. Do I need to pan a bit quicker than I think I need to? Do you have any tips for me?
Also, do you recommend firing bursts of shots or just a single shot?
First I wanted to see if I could freeze the cars. That wasn't too hard, I put my shutter speed to 1/1250 and got clean shots. All I had to do was wait for the car to come into my focus box. I tested the same on people walking by and also was able to freeze them cleanly.
The problem I'm having is trying to get the effect where the background is blurred, the wheels show they're in motion, but the car or motorbike is kept sharp and in focus. I put the shutter speed to 1/50 and 1/30. I got half a dozen reasonably decent (but nothing really that would be good enough as a keeper if I were at a motorsports event) but all the others were full of motion blur, absolutely terrible. I'm set to continuous focus and using a green tracking box that locks on and stays with the car.
As a car came towards me, I locked focus on it and panned with it. But apart from a small handful that were ok, I never found a rhythm to get me good results every time. I never really knew what I did right to get the half decent ones. Do I need to pan a bit quicker than I think I need to? Do you have any tips for me?
Also, do you recommend firing bursts of shots or just a single shot?
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