Jon, that shot of the blue 17 car is fabulous given the aforementioned circumstances. Were you on a bridge shooting? Seems obvious from the photo unless your were ON the track and on stilts (!), but you could have rotated the photo....) You think he's looking in his mirror?
I also like that first shot a lot, though you've pointed out it's only flaw (IMO). NOW, If PhotoShop could only have a tool to move the plane of focus...THAT would be nice ;) Cory Waters going to an autocross tomorrow and will hopefully shoot some... ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 2:58 AM Subject: *ist-D: a report from the field > > I've just completed my first day's serious motorsports shooting with the > *ist-D. First, the complaints: > > o That stupid eyepiece rubber eyecup - it's vanished somewhere. > > o The battery meter needs finer granularity - Full/Half/None is > nowhere near enough to tell you if you've got enough power left > for the next session. > > > The autofocus is plenty fast enough, even if left in fully-automatic > mode. That's not a good idea, though; there's a tendency for it not > to track a car coming straight towards you as long as something is > in focus, so you end up with shots where the plane of sharpest focus > is on the rear wing of the car. Examples (full & detail) at > > <http://panix.com/~johnf/temp/LBGP2A.jpg> > <http://panix.com/~johnf/temp/LBGP2B.jpg> > > Admittedly today I'm only using a small, light lens (the 80-320); > I expect the autofocus will slow down slightly when I drag out the > larger, heavier lenses. But I definitely felt it was at least as > fast, and probably slightly faster, than my MZ-S. > > The viewfinder coverage is nice: it lets you get shots like this: > > <http://panix.com/~johnf/temp/LBGP1A.jpg> > <http://panix.com/~johnf/temp/LBGP1B.jpg> > > or even this: > > <http://panix.com/~johnf/temp/LBGP3.jpg> > > That's full-frame coverage, not a cropped image. > At well over 100 mph, with the 80-320 at 108mm. Pan fast! > > > None of the images has been sharpened or manipulated in any way > other than resizing. For real use I'd sharpen and colour balance. > These images were shot as best-quality JPEG images. > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.659 / Virus Database: 423 - Release Date: 4/15/2004
