General 10d shutter speed question

[Dave Balcom]

We just got back from the Brickyard 400 in Indianapolis. It was my
first NASCAR race and was it great! Our seats were Row 1 right across
from Dale Jarrett's (#88) pit. I was waiting for him to pit and
actually got several shots on my Canon 10d of his spin/crash. My ears
are still ringing 2 days later!

I have a question about shutter speeds. I had the 10d set to shutter
priority (Tv) and to use a high shutter speed (1/2000) to freeze the
action on the track. Before the race, there was a fly-over of Apache
helicopters and the high shutter speed froze the blades--making the
shots look unrealistic. What shutter speed should I have used to
freeze the chopper in the shot while still blurring the blade motion?
I didn't have time to experiment at the track.

Thanks,
Dave

[JW]

About 1/250 to 1/500


"Andrew" <andrew611175@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Dave Balcom <balcy24@charter.net> wrote:

> > We just got back from the Brickyard 400 in Indianapolis. It was my
> > first NASCAR race and was it great! Our seats were Row 1 right across
> > from Dale Jarrett's (#88) pit. I was waiting for him to pit and
> > actually got several shots on my Canon 10d of his spin/crash. My ears
> > are still ringing 2 days later!

>

> > I have a question about shutter speeds. I had the 10d set to shutter
> > priority (Tv) and to use a high shutter speed (1/2000) to freeze the
> > action on the track. Before the race, there was a fly-over of Apache
> > helicopters and the high shutter speed froze the blades--making the
> > shots look unrealistic. What shutter speed should I have used to
> > freeze the chopper in the shot while still blurring the blade motion?
> > I didn't have time to experiment at the track.

>
> I think you'll need to get below 1/640 to get much motion blur
> of the blades.
>
> Andrew

[Dave Balcom]

On Wed, 06 Aug 2003 04:23:24 GMT, "JW" <black@NOspam.wireandweb.com>
wrote:

}About 1/250 to 1/500

Thanks, I will try that next time...

[J Elliott]

Match your shutter speed to your focal lenght, and pan....
"Dave Balcom" <balcy24@charter.net> wrote in message
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> We just got back from the Brickyard 400 in Indianapolis. It was my
> first NASCAR race and was it great! Our seats were Row 1 right across
> from Dale Jarrett's (#88) pit. I was waiting for him to pit and
> actually got several shots on my Canon 10d of his spin/crash. My ears
> are still ringing 2 days later!
>
> I have a question about shutter speeds. I had the 10d set to shutter
> priority (Tv) and to use a high shutter speed (1/2000) to freeze the
> action on the track. Before the race, there was a fly-over of Apache
> helicopters and the high shutter speed froze the blades--making the
> shots look unrealistic. What shutter speed should I have used to
> freeze the chopper in the shot while still blurring the blade motion?
> I didn't have time to experiment at the track.
>
> Thanks,
> Dave