For those car lovers out there!

Hey Guys / Gals,

At Infineon Raceway in Sonoma last weekend, they had the Ferrari Challenge. Got to see Ferraris and Maseratis from almost all eras. Enzo's, Modena's, F50's, F40's, Daytonas, Testarossa's. Just beautiful. They were running on the track too. What a sweet site. It was nice to test the 10D's autofocus. Still need some work on my panning technique though... enjoy.


Ivan

Your panning came out pretty well!

I like the little red one. Mmmmmmm...

Megan

sweet images! the second would be the one i'd want in my garage :) like a fine wine :)

ok..

first is that crazy ENZO? but what are the rest?

personally i find them over priced a weeeee bit! plenty of ferarris in my area due to the CEO weekend home deal. no joke i had a teacher with a sweet import lotus and a class mate got a 911 for graduation.... spooled brat area!!!!

I even drove the forbe's gini's since i was friends with his driver/bodyguard.... that full time 200mph 4x4 gini rocks!!!!!

The yellow #33 is current model Enzo Ferrari
The red spyder #34 is ~1956 or thereabouts, can't quite place the model.
The coupe w/o number is current model 575 Maranello.
The last, #71 is current model 360 Modena.

sweet.... i think the 360 looks pretty cool...... but only an 8 cyl? yucky... if i'm opting for a car instead of a second house i want the 12cyl 5 series :)

and the question of the day...... who wants a back seat in their ferarri??? they make ROLLS/BENTLEY for that purpose!!!!!!

yeah i'm a semi car crazed guy , but i think it comes with the M on my licence under "sex"

You can say I was drooling the whole time I was there. They even had the new Maserati Quattroporte, one sweet looking sedan.

In regards to the panning, I dont' know if I just wasn't stable enough, but a lot of the track shots came out blurry (out of focus and camera shake). You can't really tell when they've been resized and sharpened. I'd say out of the 400 pictures, 50% were like that. I had it on AF servo and shutter priority 1/350 sec, so I don't know. Maybe it's a question for the sports photography forum. Anyways here are some more Ferraris.


Ivan

Four more to drool over.

But I want a 911 turbo, they have back seats.... Ferrari, Porsche, Ferrari, Porsche.... good thing i'll never have enough money to ever have to make that decision.... haha




Ivan

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Originally Posted by paulnj

sweet.... i think the 360 looks pretty cool...... but only an 8 cyl? yucky... if i'm opting for a car instead of a second house i want the 12cyl 5 series :)

and the question of the day...... who wants a back seat in their ferarri??? they make ROLLS/BENTLEY for that purpose!!!!!!

yeah i'm a semi car crazed guy , but i think it comes with the M on my licence under "sex"

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correction you had it on AI SERVO :)

50% of your images being slightly blurry is above average at 1/350th in my opinion. btw.. blur isn't always a bad thing either!

btw... you mention the body being a 10D,but the lens was?

my 1D will not focus my 100-400 as fast as it will my friend's 400f2.8 or 600f4.... the focus motor is in the lens on canon EF mount lenses(some are weedwhacker engines others are 525 hp vette engines)

But the blur I was getting was not the good kind. The lens I had on there was the 70-200mm f4 L lens. It focuses fairly fast but I don't really have any other USM lens to compare it to other than my 85mm. yeah, I though 50% was rather high too.... especially since I was using 1/350 which is pretty fast right? Attached is a 100% unedited crop of an example of the blur I was getting.


Ivan

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Originally Posted by paulnj

correction you had it on AI SERVO :)

50% of your images being slightly blurry is above average at 1/350th in my opinion. btw.. blur isn't always a bad thing either!

btw... you mention the body being a 10D,but the lens was?

my 1D will not focus my 100-400 as fast as it will my friend's 400f2.8 or 600f4.... the focus motor is in the lens on canon EF mount lenses(some are weedwhacker engines others are 525 hp vette engines)

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i can honestly tell you that driving a nice auto is cool, but a 4cl escort gets me there too ;)

I've owned a few sick rides... acura legend(not stock), 71 cuda 440, 68 roadrunner 383(blew it up and put a 426 hemi in), yenko camaro, ford lightning, cyclone, typhoon, VW carado, 63 vette w/ a 527 ci street engine(968 hp with the blower belt on), 72 AMX(401)...... moved to a ford ranger and a escort.... no tickets, less fuel , cheaper insurance , no need to have an armed guard watch it... AND I GET TO WORK IN THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME ;)

btw... the escort held my 178 lb dog nicely in the back seat too :D

THAT'S YOUR PANNING ! your lens was dead on :D panning is not real easy, yet with practice isn't hard either! you are doing GREAT by getting 50% sharp (enough) images.

fast shutter speed is ISO 400 f5.6 at 1/4000+ i get that alot when shooting birds in flight(+1.3 ev usually). maybe try to get f5.6- f8 and 1/500th next time.... and check the files at full size if possible.

not that you need a lot of help, but keep practicing your panning technique!

seriously... great images, good panning!

i'm 3rd shift.... time for bed :(

I agree, cool rides rock, but like paulnj, my 3cyl Geo metro hatchback gets me to/from work and school, on $40 in gas a month and under $75insurance a month. :)

Cheers!

Yeah, i'll try to get back out there for the AMA superbike race. I think that'll be even harder with motorcycles being smaller and faster. But it'll be good fun and good practice.


Ivan

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Originally Posted by paulnj

THAT'S YOUR PANNING ! your lens was dead on :D panning is not real easy, yet with practice isn't hard either! you are doing GREAT by getting 50% sharp (enough) images.

fast shutter speed is ISO 400 f5.6 at 1/4000+ i get that alot when shooting birds in flight(+1.3 ev usually). maybe try to get f5.6- f8 and 1/500th next time.... and check the files at full size if possible.

not that you need a lot of help, but keep practicing your panning technique!

seriously... great images, good panning!

i'm 3rd shift.... time for bed :(

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