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Shout out to the photographer who shot this. Lots of preparation going into something that was there for only a few seconds (and might not have shown up at all)
by ssgodderidge 4y ago
Shout out to the photographer who shot this. Lots of preparation going into something that was there for only a few seconds (and might not have shown up at all).
I wonder how many times they tried and failed to get the shot before. Assuming they had to try several times, good for them for sticking with it.
- jacobolus 4y agoa few milliseconds!
- cosmojg 4y agoAnd this is a still from a video they shot at 25 frames per second or one frame every 40 milliseconds. Very lucky indeed!
- 05 4y agoThat's not how exposure works. Typically shutter would be open 50% of frame length, maybe even more considering it's nighttime.
- sp332 4y agoYes, but typically the camera is not set to 51,200 ISO. I can't browse Instagram or Facebook without an account, and I can't figure out how to navigate his website, so I don't know how to check.
- pixelfarmer 4y agoIt is an A7s. Released in mid 2014, 12MPix resolution at FullFrame (36x24mm), FSI (front side illuminated), so large and very sensitive pixels. ISOs can be ramped up to 400k, but from my experience ISO 50k is about the limit if you want to avoid the image quality dropping through the floor. So this setting actually makes a lot of sense if you have to deal with video at these light levels.
- danmaz74 4y agoThe frame captures what happens during those 40 milliseconds though. It's not as if it needed an instantaneous match.
- Melatonic 4y agoAlso depends on how much time there is between shots. Could have easily been missed there