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Old 12-04-2011, 02:37 PM   #68
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Originally Posted by tr1x5tuh View Post
yea i shoot with a 50mm1.8 with a d300 i tried panning in the afternoon at 1/30 and for some reason its always blown out even if i put it at f22 lol gotta try other ways
Get a neutral density filter. Even if your photos weren't being overexposed @ f/22, using that small of an aperture is killing any sharpness that your lens might have. A 0.9 ND filter (three stops) will let you shoot at f/8 with the same results and probably with good exposure at f/11 or so. The more important point is that you'll be reasonably close to your lens' sweet spot, so when you get your panning rate right your subject will be nice and sharp.
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