Yep, that was me. I was coming out of a turn, entering the second slalom in the map below. I stepped on the gas instead of keeping the throttle constant, and ended up spinning. Speed was maybe 30mph. http://www.justracing.com/ggc_bmw... I was actually surprised to find out that the photographer was able to capture the shots in quick succession and assemble the video you saw. Ovidiu
- Ovidiu Predescu
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Isn't it standard operating procedure to shoot action in continuous mode and then pick the best shot afterwards?
- Peng-Toh
For action shots, your reaction time isn't fast enough. I usually switch to manual exposure and shoot continuous. Works for kids too.
- Peng-Toh
I don't like continuous mode, there's just too much work involved after the fact. I'm used to shooting landscape, where you work on composition and press the shutter button only once. For action shots like in autocross, I evaluate the composition I want to end up with by watching several cars pass by, then follow the car as it arrives at the spot. Here are some of the shots taken this...
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- Ovidiu Predescu
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I guess for auto-x, you get cars into the same position repeatedly, so your method works. Won't work for kids or soccer or other high speed sports.
- Peng-Toh
For some reason I always have my camera set to continuous mode by default, even when I'm shooting landscapes or static scenes. I think it's because I often exposure bracket, and I also sometimes play the what-is-the-longest-exposure-I-can-get-away-with lottery.
- Simon
And to think Bush was about to bomb this country! People are genuinely angry at what is going on, very likely massively rigged election results.
- Ovidiu Predescu
"Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who wields ultimate power, urged all Iranians "including yesterday's competitors" to support the re-elected president." - Jeez, this is a sure way to lose the respect and trust of your people. It is also very suspect that Ayatollah, as Supreme Jurist, didn't investigate the other candidates' contestations about the results.
- Ovidiu Predescu
It's kind of interesting, but the OCZ Vertex (rev 1370) appears to have lower write latency variance than the X-25Ms (rev 1.1) (when hammered on by mysql), even though the average write latency is higher.
- Private Sanjeev
LED display on your bike wheel. You can render text and images, a small on-board computer controls a set of LEDs placed on the spokes of the wheel.
- Ovidiu Predescu