I would consider Kodak Supra 800 over Superia. Better grain and slightly
warmer. I have been very pleased with it. I used to shoot Superia 800
quite a bit. If you like Fuji - I believe the NGH II is quite good also.
Both would be good choices.
Bruce Dayton
Sacramento, CA
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From: "Rob Brigham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 8:07 AM
Subject: RE: Advice wanted for motorsports photography
> Is there an 800 speed film you would recommend?
>
> I am going to the British Grand Prix this Sunday, and will be using
> Sigma 70-300 F5.6 and 500mm mirror fixed F8, so I am not sure if 400ASA
> will be enough, particularly with the UK weather!
>
> Presumably Superia 800 for print film?
>
> What about Fuli Multi 50/1000 for slides?
>
> Hopefully my MZ-S will turn up before then, so I will be able to take
> separate bodies for fast and slower film.
>
> Cheers
>
> Rob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Francis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 09 July 2001 22:02
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Advice wanted for motorsports photography
>
>
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> >
> > I may be going to the AMA Superbike races at Mid-Ohio on July
> > 21-22 so I thought I'd take the camera gear and try my hand at
> > some mostorsports photography for the first time.
> > I'll be using my PZ-1p and I expect the 300/2.8 and teleconverters
> > (1.7x and 2x) will be getting a workout but any advice would be most
> > appreciated: Film, technique or anything else that might be important.
>
>
> I don't have first-hand experience at Mid-Ohio (although I hear it's
> a great facility), but you may very well find yourself wanting a lens
> shorter than 300mm. I quite often end up using something around 150mm
> for shooting bikes. Admittedly I am usually on the inside of the fence,
> but a lot of the time I'm only a couple of feet away from photographers
> in the general admission area.
>
> The best place to get shots of bikes is as they are accelerating away
> from a tight turn, especially if you get there on the first practice
> day. Until they have got the setup exactly right you'll often see
> riders getting the front wheel well off the ground under acceleration.
>
> http://www.motorsport.com/photos/cycle/lsa99/lsa-1-34.jpg
>
> is an example of the sort of thing I mean (that's Miguel Duhamel
> coming out of turn 2 at Laguna Seca). That was probably taken using
> a shutter speed of around 1/180; fast enough to get a reasonable
> yield shooting hand-held, but slow enough to blur the background.
> Practice your panning technique on every bike that goes past.
>
>
> A place where you will be able to use the longer focal lengths is
> if you move uptrack a bit, closer to the corner, and shoot the bikes
> as they get to the apex of the turn, and are head on to you, with
> the riders leaning the bikes hard into the turn. For that you won't
> be able to pan, so you want as fast a shutter speed as you can manage.
> 1/500 is OK, but 1/1000 (or faster) is even better. To get those
> shutter speeds with a maximum aperture of f5.6 you might want to have
> something faster than ISO 100 film with you. I usually carry both
> 100 and 400 speed film (Fuji Provia for slides, Kodak Supra for print).
> --
> John Francis . . . . . . . . . . (650) 429-4427
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>
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