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Pete wrote in post #5613444
Hand-held is usually best, in my experience...

This is at 1/100. It's very much like shooting, lead in, shoot, follow through in a nice smooth action...

Nice shot Pete. I can't handhold the 300 steady and I want to use it.

Panning isn't hard.....start at a nice shutter speed like 1/320 and gradually slow the shutter down....take 10 shots at each shutter speed until you find your comfort zone.

Permagrin wrote in post #5613346
we're shooting motorcycles this weekend....it ought to be interesting...I've never done panning...hope I don't mess it up too much.

there is an art to panning. basic steps to a good pan
1. use a long lens and get as far back as you can this will allow you to move slower than using a short lens from a close distance thus making it easier to get a smooth pan

2. if you can use a mono pod at least to start

3. busy back ground work best lots of spectators is idea as it really ramps up the impression of speed

4. to reduce parallax you need to be shooting as close to a right angle to your self as you can

5. Body posture for hand holding : stand with legs shoulder width apart with feet facing the middle of the ark and twist from the hips

enjoy!

Panning with a monopod can actually be harder than handheld panning...

Woolburr wrote in post #5613475
Panning with a monopod can actually be harder than handheld panning...

depends on the ark that your panning threw a corner its great and the reduction it vertical shake is worth it

Woolburr wrote in post #5613475
Panning with a monopod can actually be harder than handheld panning...

Yes thats my experience too so I do it handheld.

Zilly wrote in post #5613482
depends on the ark that your panning threw a corner its great and the reduction it vertical shake is worth it

The problem with trying to pan with a pod is there is seldom any place here without an elevation change as well...so tracking handheld is much easier to accomplish....if you have a nice flat track area...I can see the benefit of a pod.

just me that uses a mono pod when im strugglin to stay smooth
ok then :-S

there will be elevation changes...hmm...gotta think about this.

Woolburr wrote in post #5613500
The problem with trying to pan with a pod is there is seldom any place here without an elevation change as well...so tracking handheld is much easier to accomplish....if you have a nice flat track area...I can see the benefit of a pod.

ahhh
the midlands are pretty flat I rarely come across a hill

Zilly wrote in post #5613505
just me that uses a mono pod when im strugglin to stay smooth
ok then :-S

I'll have to use one...but I have a full size ball head on my mono to deal with the 300. Maybe that will work with the elevation changes...

Woolburr wrote in post #5613475
Panning with a monopod can actually be harder than handheld panning...

If the 300 is hard to hand-hold (I wouldn't know), then I'd imagine a loose ball-head tripod might be a better bet than a monopod...

Pete wrote in post #5613517
If the 300 is hard to hand-hold (I wouldn't know), then I'd imagine a loose ball-head tripod might be a better bet than a monopod...

for ME it's hard to handhold.

Permagrin wrote in post #5613526
for ME it's hard to handhold.

You need a panning belt....you collapse your monopod down...and the base fits in a pocket at waist level....takes the weight off your arms, but lets you smoothly pan...even on uneven terrain.

Woolburr wrote in post #5613561
You need a panning belt....you collapse your monopod down...and the base fits in a pocket at waist level....takes the weight off your arms, but lets you smoothly pan...even on uneven terrain.

never heard of that. cool.