Panning practice with Mr Pops

[Poppa Dom]

panning shots are amazing when you nail them crisp and clear.

at the motorsport events i go to i'm playing with shutter speeds of 1/50 or below. damn hard to get a good one but when u do you think its what photography is all about!  thank god for continuous burst mode tho... 

It Certianly helps when you have got an Image stabilised lens and using a monopod makes a huge improvement too. I tend to use my Canon 70-200 F2.8L IS for motorsport and will not be without my monopod 

[Hedge]

For panning though shouldn't you turn your IS off as that contradicts the effect?

[chungster]

panning shots are amazing when you nail them crisp and clear.

at the motorsport events i go to i'm playing with shutter speeds of 1/50 or below. damn hard to get a good one but when u do you think its what photography is all about!  thank god for continuous burst mode tho... 

It Certianly helps when you have got an Image stabilised lens and using a monopod makes a huge improvement too. I tend to use my Canon 70-200 F2.8L IS for motorsport and will not be without my monopod 

i use a 70-300 with VR and monopod when i'm doing panning shots, but lately i've been trying without the monopod.

here's one at 1/50th of the Team Aon Focus, didn't quite get it totally clear.



and one at 1/40th.

[chungster]

For panning though shouldn't you turn your IS off as that contradicts the effect?

funny you say that cos i found mine to do exactly that, so i turned it off to start with.

but lately my tog tutor mate told me to switch it back on. and i've found it to work quite well when panning free hand.

[Hedge]

funny you say that cos i found mine to do exactly that, so i turned it off to start with.

but lately my tog tutor mate told me to switch it back on. and i've found it to work quite well when panning free hand.

Not just a pretty face.

I was also struggling to understand how you can pan using a monopod.
I'll dig some of mine out.

[bennylenny88]

Benny! Think before you post 

i was offering some advice how was i supposed to know he was going with pops!

[Hedge]

Bit of a lucky one this as I was zooming and just happened to catch that. Makes me feel sick if I look for too long.

[Top Cat]

excellent photo there big fella. 

[Poppa Dom]

For panning though shouldn't you turn your IS off as that contradicts the effect?

Depends on the IS system and lens. A few of my Canon lenses have 2 modes for IS. Mode 1 is the normal IS mode. In this mode, the image is stabilised in the horizontal as well as the vertical direction.  Mode 2 is panning mode. The lens will only stabilise in the vertical direction, but not in the horizontal direction. That means you can drag the lens along with a moving subject in the horizontal direction. Good when you're making photos of fast moving cars.

[Hedge]

For panning though shouldn't you turn your IS off as that contradicts the effect?

Depends on the IS system and lens. A few of my Canon lenses have 2 modes for IS. Mode 1 is the normal IS mode. In this mode, the image is stabilised in the horizontal as well as the vertical direction.  Mode 2 is panning mode. The lens will only stabilise in the vertical direction, but not in the horizontal direction. That means you can drag the lens along with a moving subject in the horizontal direction. Good when you're making photos of fast moving cars.

I stand corrected. Being a Pentax user I have it "in body" so not many options there.

[chungster]

For panning though shouldn't you turn your IS off as that contradicts the effect?

Depends on the IS system and lens. A few of my Canon lenses have 2 modes for IS. Mode 1 is the normal IS mode. In this mode, the image is stabilised in the horizontal as well as the vertical direction.  Mode 2 is panning mode. The lens will only stabilise in the vertical direction, but not in the horizontal direction. That means you can drag the lens along with a moving subject in the horizontal direction. Good when you're making photos of fast moving cars.

hmm i wonder if mine has that mode?? 

[Poppa Dom]

What lens you using Chungster?

[chungster]

What lens you using Chungster?

nikon 70-300 AF-S VR F4.5-5.6 

[Poppa Dom]

Chungster, I'm by no means an expert on the Nikon gear as I am a Canon man but there should be a VR Type button: In the Normal position, VR will detect panning and not try to correct for it. In the Active position, VR takes out all motion.

Hope that helps.

Dom

[chungster]

Chungster, I'm by no means an expert on the Nikon gear as I am a Canon man but there should be a VR Type button: In the Normal position, VR will detect panning and not try to correct for it. In the Active position, VR takes out all motion.

Hope that helps.

Dom

yeah it has the manual or active setting which is what i've been playing with.

bottom line is (per my mate) i just need to get out there and practice!  good fun tho, especially when you have media pass access to some events!