+1 for TAv. I use it quite often with my K20D. I shifted the ISO ceiling up to 3200 as well. With your K-5 you should set the ceiling way up at 25K or thereabouts I'd think.
I'd try a shutter down around 1/2 sec for really long ball trails -- at least a few attempts anyway. Your timing would have be dead on, and I'd think that capturing that initial break would be most fun. On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 1:31 PM, Walt <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Paul. > > You certainly got great motion in that shot! > > I suspect with the new, darker paint in the pool room, shooting in aperture > priority with the same settings (ISO 1600, f/2.8) I'd get pretty close to a > 1/30 shutter speed. > > Or, I could just shoot in TAv -- something I never did much of with my K20D. > Pool hall shooting seems like the ideal situation for that shooting mode, > now that I think about it. > > -- Walt > > > On 2/13/2013 12:14 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> >> Nice shot Walt. You can get good ball motion at 1/30th in most cases. This >> pic was shot at 1/30th, f3.2, ISO 6400 with the K-5 and DA* 16-50 at 24mm: >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16915275&size=lg >> >> On Feb 13, 2013, at 12:26 PM, Walt <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thanks, Bruce. >>> >>> I only got a couple of shots and the other was framed completely >>> differently -- he was at the near-end of the table, obscuring most of it. >>> >>> I'm going to try getting the hang of getting more ball motion. That >>> occurred to me while I was editing this photo in post. I wonder how much >>> lower I'd have to drop the shutter speed to get a good sense of the motion? >>> >>> I can get fairly decent (but inconsistent) results hand-held at 1/30, but >>> that's focusing on a relatively static subject. I was surprised at how >>> difficult it was to shoot the action on a pool table compared to drag >>> racing. Of course, the shutter speed at a drag race is obviously much, much >>> higher. But, still, timing pool shots was much harder than I'd have >>> expected. >>> >>> -- Walt >>> >>> >>> On 2/13/2013 8:21 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: >>>> >>>> That's very good, Walt. I like the unusual framing. >>>> >>>> Did you happen to get one with more ball motion in it? That could make >>>> for a really cool shot. You'd have to drop your shutter speed down a >>>> lot. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 12:59 AM, Walt <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Here's a shot I took a few nights ago of another one of our resident >>>>> characters at the club where I work. This guy is one of the more >>>>> cantankerous drunks we have, but once you get a handle on how to deal >>>>> with >>>>> him, he's a pretty good guy. Like a lot of the people I deal with, he >>>>> has >>>>> phrases that he tends to lean on when he's well into his cups. "Hey! >>>>> Lemme >>>>> tell ya somethin'!" "And another thing!" "You talkin' about me?" "Don't >>>>> start no shit!" >>>>> >>>>> He also happens to be a really good pool shot and only seems to get >>>>> better >>>>> the drunker he gets. Here he is shooting a game over the weekend: >>>>> >>>>> http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/8469249067/ >>>>> K-5, FA 50/1.4, f/2.8, 1/60 sec., ISO 1600 >>>>> >>>>> I thought it was an interesting shot because he looks a bit like a Dick >>>>> Tracy character to my eye. >>>>> >>>>> Comments and critiques are, as always, eagerly solicited. >>>>> >>>>> -- Walt >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>>> follow the directions. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> -bmw >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
