I usually take still images of the boys playing ... but for this game, I decided to have some fun with the
60FPS (frames per second) High-Def video of the Canon 7DM2. With still images, I have the luxury of
20 Megapixels (10X of 1920x1080!) shooting in RAW mode (plus 1/8000s shutter speed versus 1/4000s), so it's easy to crop and
process the image to look snazzy.
But video is 6 times faster than the 10FPS of still images, which makes a significant difference in
capturing the swinging bat as seen below.
Video at 60 frames/per second captures quite a bit of the bat swing as seen here with Luke
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Shooting stills at 10 FPS would have only captured the first and last image above
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Video of John, Kyle, Alex, Ian, Griffin, Cole, Kenton, Luke, and Liam smacking the ball
Snippets from above video at 10X Super Slo-Mo!
Since the camera/microphone was about 50 feet from home base, you see the bat hit the ball
slightly before you hear it
Closeups of various swings from videos - note shadows as the sun moves higher in the sky
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More closeup snapshots from the video of Ian, John, & Kyle
Luke slides in "SAFE" at home - watch all for the 10X Super Slo-Mo replay!
Following images came from stills rather than frames from video
Coach Freddie preps the field and then meets with the Umps
John & Kyle synchronize their bat swinging! ;-)
Ditto Alex and Ian
Liam crushes a high pitch
Luke hits a sharp liner
Kenton knocking one into the dirt
Ian blasts yet another hit
Zooming in to compare image quality/detail from 20MP still image to 2MP video frame
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Photography Notes: Pictures taken with a Canon 7DM2 and 70-200/2.8 lens with remote trigger for
still pictures - have to manually engage video. Typically shooting a maximum 1/8000s (video is limited to 1/4000s) shutter speed to freeze the ball. There is some "bending" of the bat/ball which is due
to the Rolling Shutter inherent in most cameras. Pictures taken mid-late morning ... too bad not earlier
as would be more/lower light on the players coming from 1st base.
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