Taking picture from moving vehicles:

Joy has pointed out that there is no advise here for taking pictures from moving vehicles such as a train or bus. She has experience with this and suggests, if you have an automatic camera, that using a faster film is very helpful. Indeed it is; if your camera has the capability to use different speeds of film (yes, go check the owners manual) then using a film speed of ISO 400 or faster will allow your camera to use its faster shutter speeds in making the exposures. This in turn will reduce blur in the scene since the scene will not change as much during the shorter time the shutter is open. In addition it can be helpful to take your pictures either early (while the scene you want to photograph is still a little ahead of you) or late (you have passed the scene but you don’t wait until it is out of sight). The reason this helps is that the scene is changing the fastest while you are right across from it so you’ll get the most blur in the picture then. Try this yourself the next time you are riding. Get your eye on something up the line a bit and watch it. Notice how it changes slowly until you’re right across from it then Whoosh! you are by it! and then it slowly recedes behind you.


Using the Highest Speed films:

Joy also suggests that the ISO 1000 and 1200 films are very nice for taking special effect or existing light pictures. For example, shooting a scene in room light or by street light with out a flash or other supplemental light. Joy surely has an excellent point. Wondrous pictures can be made with existing light. The trade you face with the highest speed films is that they have larger grain. The resulting pictures have a more course look than equivalent scenes shot with lower speed film. Making enlargements for scenes taken with high speed films can be difficult too. The grain enlarges with the rest of the scene so the resulting enlargement has a more course appearance.

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