Evidence That Panning Shots Are Not As Easy As They Look

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Last night I took some nice shots of the Vaillante Caïro that I got from Jobjoris in that amazingly epic iHWEP box that I am slowly revealing piece by piece. And because it rolls so nicely, I thought I’d take some panning shots as well.

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Well, here is ample evidence that panning shots are hard to time on a phone camera, even a good one like my LG G5. I suppose the low light conditions didn’t help, but see my argument below.

Nope.
Nope.
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Nope.
Nope.
Nope.
Nope.
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Still nope.
Still nope.
Almost...
Almost...
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Better...
Better...
Too fast...
Too fast...
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SUCCES!!!
SUCCES!!!
D’oh!
D’oh!
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I give up. Stationary shots, it is.

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This last one is actually my favorite, and the entire car isn’t even in it! Clearly I need one of Jobjoris’ patented Pan-O-Matics™.

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