Classics at Prescott

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There was a classic car event this weekend at Prescott Speed Hill Climb, I only went today and missed Sir Stirling Moss taking a drive up the hill. There was a lot of nice motors there though.

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Classics at Prescott May 2012 by jj_glos, on Flickr


Classics at Prescott May 2012 by jj_glos, on Flickr


Classics at Prescott May 2012 by jj_glos, on Flickr


Classics at Prescott May 2012 by jj_glos, on Flickr


Classics at Prescott May 2012 by jj_glos, on Flickr


Classics at Prescott May 2012 by jj_glos, on Flickr
 
Saw a few tasty bits of metal being driven through Bristol today on the way to work... guessing they may have been headed here.
 
Jamsames said:
brilliant photos. what is your camera? looks expensive
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Its in the EXIF

Canon EOS-1DS MK II

Canons most expensive camera when it was released in 2005. They still command a £1000 + price 2nd hand on ebay. And thats just for the body, no lens !

His lens is worth about half that much again ;)
 
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Yeah I'm using an old 1Ds2 and a nice 70-200L f2.8 IS mkII. However for the panning shots you can get those results with much cheaper equipment, a 40D would produce very nice panning shots. It's all about technique with a panning shot, set the shutter speed as low as you dare and keep the pan nice and smooth. I did try 1/15 (this isn't a race event so the cars aren't going that quick) but didn't get many keepers! :)
 
Some lovely shots, really lovely! They show how good a decent L lens is!

I'm still learning about panning with my 40D and 50-250mm.


Any tips on shutter speeds? In general at the Chinese GP I was shooting towards 250mm and panning with shutter at 1/180 - 1/250.

It worked pretty well, but I still didn't think I got it as good as I could have. Shooting right infront of the stand was impossible as it was at the end of the DRS straight, and focusing through a fence with cars going 190mph was also a little tricky.
 
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Some lovely shots, really lovely!

I'm still learning about panning with my 40D and 50-250mm.


Any tips on shutter speeds? In general at the Chinese GP I was shooting towards 250mm and panning with shutter at 1/180 - 1/250.

It worked pretty well, but I still didn't think I got it as good as I could have. Shooting right infront of the stand was impossible as it was at the end of the DRS straight, and focusing through a fence with cars going 190mph was also a little tricky.
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It's very much hit and hope, AI servo for the focusing and enable continuous shooting - just keep the shutter button welded down as the car goes past. There's no ideal shutter speed, just go down as low as you can without getting a messy blur!

Took this on the 6th at the Donington Historic.

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Janesy B said:
It's very much hit and hope, AI servo for the focusing and enable continuous shooting - just keep the shutter button welded down as the car goes past. There's no ideal shutter speed, just go down as low as you can without getting a messy blur!

Took this on the 6th at the Donington Historic.

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Good shot there!

Ahh yes, mine was set on servo, but even then it couldn't keep up! They were incredibly quick when right infront of us.

Did get a shot of front wing endplate flying up in the air though, with plenty of others:

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Janesy B said:
It's very much hit and hope, AI servo for the focusing and enable continuous shooting - just keep the shutter button welded down as the car goes past. There's no ideal shutter speed, just go down as low as you can without getting a messy blur!
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I'm sure the professionals don't 'Hit and hope'.

You don't shoot in fully automatic do you?

AI Servo, I select the Aperture (AV), ISO adjust dependant on ambient light, continuous shutter, pan with car.
 
Firestar_3x said:
I'm sure the professionals don't 'Hit and hope'.

You don't shoot in fully automatic do you?

AI Servo, I select the Aperture (AV), ISO adjust dependant on ambient light, continuous shutter, pan with car.
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You can't tell me they can get it right with just the one shot, you pick the car up and maybe you end up with a couple of good usable images out of a burst of 10 or so - eventually you get better at it with practice.

No I don't shoot fully auto, you could always check the EXIF on the picture I posted before making cantankerous comments. Admittedly that's probably one not one of the better shots, I just liked it because because the car got a wheel up. Bear in mind AI servo on a 'prosumer' camera won't be anywhere as good as on something like a 1Ds MKII, so you have to leave a margin of error as I found out last weekend.
 
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Cheers all :)

As there are changing light conditions I normally shoot in TV mode with the shutter speed set as I want and ISO set to 50. The aperture will vary from f8 to f16 generally on a sunny day. Where I tend to stand and shoot I get the cars as they pass close in front from my right (not in shade), then they loop back and pass from my left (in broken shade) then yet again they loop back and pass from my right again up in the trees. There are shaded and sunny spots to shoot there. I did hope the IS on my new 70-200 would help with the panning but it's not made a difference that I have noticed in my keepers. If my keeper rate is 75% I've had a very good day, it's normally a lot lower than this though as I play around with slow shutter speeds as well (1/15). I use AI Servo AF and just try to keep the pan as smooth as possible. don;t stand too near the fence as when your elbow knocks it during a pan the spectators around you aren't best pleased with the language! :D

I've never shot F1, and haven't been to a traditional race track since I got DSLR. I'm going to try get to Castle Combe sometime this year though. I've only shot at the hill climb and the angles they drive at make it quite interesting to shoot. Both of these are taken from the same place (1/15), both of the same car\run.


Classics at Prescott May 2012 by jj_glos, on Flickr


Classics at Prescott May 2012 by jj_glos, on Flickr
 
Janesy B said:
You can't tell me they can get it right with just the one shot, you pick the car up and maybe you end up with a couple of good usable images out of a burst of 10 or so - eventually you get better at it with practice.

No I don't shoot fully auto, you could always check the EXIF on the picture I posted before making cantankerous comments. Admittedly that's probably one not one of the better shots, I just liked it because because the car got a wheel up. Bear in mind AI servo on a 'prosumer' camera won't be anywhere as good as on something like a 1Ds MKII, so you have to leave a margin of error as I found out last weekend.
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I don't roll my shutter, I tend to shoot singles - even when using the MF sigma 70-300 I have - don't seem to have many problems getting half decent shots.
 
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