Captain_Danger
Prominent Member
I have a Nikon D7000 and I use it for a variety of things. One such thing is a bit of motorsport photography, however I am having difficulty in getting panning images to look sharp. They either look blurred or out of focus or maybe both.
I am using just a cheap-ish 70-300mm Nikon lens (Nikon AF-S VR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED Lens - JAA795DA - Lenses - Jessops) and have had mixed results. The images I have attached below suffer from the problem I am having. Basically, in a lot of shots only a section of the car will appear sharp and in focus. There will always be a bit of the car that looks blurred. In the case of the images below, the middle section of the car looks in focus, and the front and back look blurred. Now on these images because the light had faded quite a lot I was on about F10 and shutter was about 1/50th (if that helps). I was sat down in the stand and wasn't really having a "real go" at it to be honest, but I seem to suffer this problem in a lot of images.
Am I just really bad at panning (just tell me I can take it ) or is it some kind of lens weakness / issue?
Cheers,
Ben.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a106/pushmetwice/pan1.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a106/pushmetwice/pan2.jpg
I am using just a cheap-ish 70-300mm Nikon lens (Nikon AF-S VR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED Lens - JAA795DA - Lenses - Jessops) and have had mixed results. The images I have attached below suffer from the problem I am having. Basically, in a lot of shots only a section of the car will appear sharp and in focus. There will always be a bit of the car that looks blurred. In the case of the images below, the middle section of the car looks in focus, and the front and back look blurred. Now on these images because the light had faded quite a lot I was on about F10 and shutter was about 1/50th (if that helps). I was sat down in the stand and wasn't really having a "real go" at it to be honest, but I seem to suffer this problem in a lot of images.
Am I just really bad at panning (just tell me I can take it ) or is it some kind of lens weakness / issue?
Cheers,
Ben.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a106/pushmetwice/pan1.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a106/pushmetwice/pan2.jpg