My Birthday

[SmartWombat]

A trip to Spa Francorchamps !

We were in the disabled area in front of the silver grandstand on the way down to Eau Rouge, so panning with the cars on full throttle down the hill was hard work!

Surprisingly I found when I borrowed my wife's Z1 instead of my A2 it was easier to pan with the cars! Despite having a lower resolution viewfinder, even at full 10x zoom (beats 7x on the A2) the performance was better somehow. I can't put my finger on what was right about it, but I got the Renault while driving by at 180mph or so.
Even though the resolution is lower, the 10x zoom makes up the difference.

For me the big disadvantage of the Z1 is its poor manual focussing ability. The A2 is better but it's still hard to focus on the piece of track the cars will drive over - it's hit or miss whether anything is in focus.

Because of the white wall behind, the spray during wet practice doesn't show up as well as in the photos from testing in Spain - but it was still worth standing in the rain for 2 hours just to see and hear them take Eau Rouge flat out.

If you ever get the chance, do it!
October 13 you can drive your car own on the circuit, so there may be some in-car shots from the track day