1st try at motorsports

[genji]

went to calder park last sunday, suppose to meet up with redline...but missed him. time to get geared up in some d70 wear

[mchampio]

Great panning!

What autofocus method do you use, or do you go manual?

[genji]

hand held panning, AF-C focus, using the 70-210 f4:5-5:6, 2 out of 43 aint bad

[christiand]

Hi,

1st try ?, well done !
What was the shutter speed ?

Cheers
CD

[genji]

the two shots were

F10-1/160 sec @ 210/155mm

[BBJ]

Well done genji, first time is good and well you can only get better as i tend to use spot metering and i always check my histogram every few shots or even after every shot as down here it often sunny then cloudy makes a big differance. Shoot in RAW gives u more flexibility if slightly under/over exposed. My first shots at the track i guess i was lucky only about 3 throw away's out of 160+ but was my own fault first time with d70 and new lens.

practice and try different shutter speeds to see what works best i stick to around 125 to 1/160. Good luck wish we had car racing like that down here in SA.

Cheers
John

[gstark]

hand held panning, AF-C focus, using the 70-210 f4:5-5:6, 2 out of 43 aint bad

And both were beamers.

I guess the Alfas were travelling too quickly.

[bwhinnen]

Well done!

It's a very hard thing to do, you'll start to pull the shutter speed down with practice and still manage the 2 / 43 shots But seriously you'll get more and more keepers the more you practice. Sit out on your front lawn / porch / balcony and get cars passing by, it's good practice and makes them wonder

Great work, keep them coming.

Cheers
Brett

[christiand]

Hi,

I had the same thought.
Go to a busy street and practise go byers and also oncoming.

Cheers
CD

[genji]

hand held panning, AF-C focus, using the 70-210 f4:5-5:6, 2 out of 43 aint bad

And both were beamers.

I guess the Alfas were travelling too quickly.

or they were too sloooow, i think no alfas that day. my boss has a 147, what a beast!!

[genji]

Well done!

It's a very hard thing to do, you'll start to pull the shutter speed down with practice and still manage the 2 / 43 shots But seriously you'll get more and more keepers the more you practice. Sit out on your front lawn / porch / balcony and get cars passing by, it's good practice and makes them wonder

Great work, keep them coming.

Cheers
Brett

my street is tooo quiet, been using bro-in-law on his go-kart (the kids 7 yr old) as test subject
moving to inner city suburb next week, to a busier street!

[redline]

great start Genji,
too bad i couldn't find you that day. practice is the key!. I suggest go out and play silent scope and practice your 180 degree panning motion on your targets. esp the long dis. one where you have to aim slighty more to compensate for wind and time.
soon you be able to score 2/3 shot which are prefectly panned or 8/10 on manual focus.