Stephen Moore wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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>> Got my slides back from my first attempt at motorsports photography and
>> they're generally better than I expected ...
>
>Big understatement there, Mark! Excellent stuff!
>
>Been wanting to go to Mid-Ohio. Where is the left turn where they're
>cresting a hill in full lean-over? (Bottom row on the Superbike page.)
That's a bit after the back straight. They go left, then almost 180 degrees
right and then that tight left-hander at the crest of a small hill. There
are a lot of *concrete* patches in the track at Mid-Ohio (the CART cars,
I think, tear up the surface) and these patches tend to have poor traction.
At the crest of this hill/turn there's a patch that forces the bikes to
hold a very tight line unless they're willing to slow down considerably.
It can get lively there in traffic.
>How about the two directly above that -- sort of a down-and-up while
>turning right?
That's in the back section of the track. Not very convenient to get to on
foot. Looks like it would be a wild ride. But then, the whole experience
this weekend made me want to get back into roadracing. Don't think my S.O.
would react very well to that tho...
>> I definitely underestimated the autofocus capability of the PZ-1p...
>
>Friend of mine, who's shot NASCAR and a lot of regional roundy-round
>of various kinds, is gently trying to steer me away from Pentax if I
>decide to go autofocus. Between your bike stuff here and John Francis's
>car stuff, it's good to know that Pentax is still definitely an option
>for this sort of thing.
More autofocus sensors would be useful, but they'd need to be *right* next
to the central one, rather than spaced out like on the MZ-S. I found I usually
wanted the main subject either dead center or just a little bit off-center.
And sometimes I had no choice in the matter ;-) All-in-all I can't really
complain and I bet the MZ-S autofocus would be a big improvement, the only
drawback being the 2.5 fps frame rate. I'd like to try an MZ-S in similar
circumstances to see if I really need 4 fps.
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