Pictures from Goldtrack today - 19th February at Silverstone

[autofocus]

Hi there,

Have upload quite a few pics from the Goldtrack event today at Silverstone.

Some superb cars, shame the weather sucked.

Hope you like them: -

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Regards

Tim

[Goldeeno]

Nice shots mate, what lens were you using for those?

[autofocus]

Goldeeno said:

Nice shots mate, what lens were you using for those?

Hi there,

You wouldn't believe me if I told you.

No seriously its a standard Olympus kit lense, this one : -

http://www.olympus.co.uk/consumer/dslr_ED_40-150mm...

In fact the one in the link is a newer model than mine.

Currently saving up enough money to change to a bigger and better lense. Looked at the new Olympus 70-300mm on Monday, but might go the whole hog and get the Sigma 50-500mm.
Just not sure if I would use a 500mm zoom.

Regards

Tim

Edited by autofocus on Tuesday 19th February 23:00

[kybo]

I took my mate's Bigma to Silverstone on the 7th. Damn thing broke my monopod head

It's a Canon fit, unfortunately, but if we're ever at the same meet you're more than welcome to try it. I want/need to borrow it again as I need plenty more panning practice.

500mm gets you up close!! Having said that I think most of my shots were on or around the 300mm mark.

Scott

BTW - it had no problem locking on or focusing on the moving cars (contrary to other people's opinions). Anything out of focus was probably my fault coz my panning technique s*cks.

[Goldeeno]

Alot of people are using the 50-500, but its a little soft apparently. I went for the 100-400 L, likewise if we are both at an event your welcome to try it.
To be honest round silverstone you can get away with a only using from 150-300 quite easily.

[Piers_K]

When I was looking to go long.. a good Bigma looked to me like it would hold its own in sharpness against the 100-400.. just Sigmas QC maybe wasnt (isnt?) as good as it might be with them..

There is a fix you can do yourself.. it means taking the back plate off the lens.. but if your reasonablly technically minded it wont be problem.

I have a link with photos if anybody is interested..

[kybo]

If I had the coin, i'd buy the 100-400 L IS without a doubt. Although some people have told me that IS is useless for motorsport and they don't use it, I think i may need that extra steadying help to get crisper shots. They also said that the Bigma would be useless too. I was proper impressed with it (it is the dearest lens I've used, to be fair ) The reason I'm trying to get as many events in as possible is to see if my pics get better as my technique improves (then i can save some dosh and buy a cheaper lens). Although much cheaper, and in the shadow of the 100-400, I'm considering the new Canon 70-300 IS lens (has 2 mode IS so panning with it is possible) hoping it will be long enough for grandstand shots from Club.