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Needa's Lame Likenesses!
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<blockquote data-quote="Sandpatch" data-source="post: 808629" data-attributes="member: 10543"><p>To think that when I shot film, I never owned a motor drive and did as you noted -- tripping the shutter at the right time to complete a balanced composition. I have better luck with that at slower train speeds, but at 60 MPH, a train covers 88 FT/SEC and if I'm near the track, I can't time it right. At a significant distance, timing the shot becomes much easier.</p><p></p><p>Wow, those Brightline trains are fast. A few years ago I was trackside at a rural location in SC as Amtrak's <em>Palmetto</em> flashed past. Even with my D5100 on continuous, the FPS is too slow for faster trains and none of the shots was worth keeping.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sandpatch, post: 808629, member: 10543"] To think that when I shot film, I never owned a motor drive and did as you noted -- tripping the shutter at the right time to complete a balanced composition. I have better luck with that at slower train speeds, but at 60 MPH, a train covers 88 FT/SEC and if I'm near the track, I can't time it right. At a significant distance, timing the shot becomes much easier. Wow, those Brightline trains are fast. A few years ago I was trackside at a rural location in SC as Amtrak's [I]Palmetto[/I] flashed past. Even with my D5100 on continuous, the FPS is too slow for faster trains and none of the shots was worth keeping. [/QUOTE]
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