Smear - how to avoid?

[Robert_Niemann]

Here are two pictures shot with the HD100. How could you avoid the smear?

http://www.time-code-media.de/blitzer.jpg
http://www.time-code-media.de/blitzer2.jpg

 

[Barry_Green]

Smear is a problem; it's going to happen with these tiny-pixel CCDs. The way to avoid it is to either stop down your exposure far enough that it goes away, or re-frame the shot so the hot spot isn't in the shot.