SIDC Trackday (skylines, atoms, elises...)

[flat-planedCrank]

Hi all,

Some shots from the SIDC Trackday at Knockhill yesterday Good to chat to some familiar names

Was a bit cold but didn't rain (!), a really good event with lots of diverse machinery



Comments and crits welcomed :

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9. Luckily didn't hit the tyres


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12. Ariel Atom


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15. An awesome Litchfield Type25


16. Type25 detail


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18. Atom detail


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I'll post another batch later today


Cheers.

Edited by flat-planedCrank on Sunday 16th March 04:56

[flat-planedCrank]

I'll add this shot here, was actually from the last Hot Marques event but was mentioned at the SIDC event yesterday...

[john185k]

great shots, right in the thick of the action!

[bernie_eccle]

flat
Nice to meet you today. Thanks for the tip with the VR. Turning it off seemed to help my panning. Some reall quality shots, particularly like the detail ones.

VR turned off





Stewart

[Col 666]

I found the VR hindered panning shots too, never bothered with it on my 70-200 f2.8. I ended up selling it recently as I found myself having problems with it focusing, I dont think I am the first either.
Now using the older model, 80 - 200 f2.8 with no problems at all.

http://www.power-images.co.uk/gallerys/2008/knockh...

[JohnS]

Great shots

[mattsayle]

Really good shots

[JohnS]

I've uploaded mine to here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnsidc/sets/7215760...

I've also added links to the other sets of shots from the events I've found so far as well.

Here's a small selection of mine.

Edited by JohnS on Sunday 16th March 20:22

[flat-planedCrank]

Thanks for all the comments


Nice to meet you bernie_eccle Cool shots, really like the exige !


Great shots JohnS


2nd batch... Comments + crits welcomed...

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31. Type25 detail


32. Type25 detail - front damper adjustment


33. Caterham detail


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Cheers.

Edited by flat-planedCrank on Sunday 16th March 22:25

Edited by flat-planedCrank on Sunday 16th March 22:48

[hawkaye]

You have some superb shots there mate! It was good to meet you yesterday, catch up with you again soon

[jason-l]

Some great shots above Interested in folks' comments re VR and panning - I may try the same next time myself, see the difference.... My pics here http://www.flickr.com/photos/jason-l/sets/72157604132976496/  - which happen to be mostly panning with VR on.

I wasn't particularly photographically inspired on Sat, so spent most of my time watching (and thinking my Caterham isn't much use still being on axle stands! ).

[Tracksport Dave]

Jason,

Like No 2

[Chris71]

Some great shots. Especially like the second one.

What sort fo shutter speed do you use to get that motion blur? Any stabilisation on the lense or just steady hands?

[Bob_Defly]

Can you say what sort of settings you were using, I was doing some panning shots at the weekend (will upload later) and found shutter priority at about 1/125 seemed to work quite well.

[jason-l]

Thanks for the comments (Nikon) VR (Normal mode - permits Hz panning) is on in these shots but, like I posted earlier, I may try VR off next time.

You can click on 'More properties' (in right hand column) for any photo in my Flickr gallery to view the EXIF: For the in-profile pans they're mostly at 1/80 shutter priority. The 3/4 angle shots are around 1/125.

[hawkaye]

Some nice shots there! Here's a few from me..

Most taken with Canon 40D, Canon 100-400mm, Manual, ISO100 - 200, 1/125 - 1/200, shot in Raw, and tweaked a little in DPP.























There's 280 on my flickr account if you are bored

Cheers,

Neil.

[AMD87]

ahh how things have changed from film



http://s169.photobucket.com/albums/u211/amd_knockhill/SIDC%20march%202008/?start=all 

[poah]

bernie_eccle said:

flat
Nice to meet you today. Thanks for the tip with the VR. Turning it off seemed to help my panning. Some reall quality shots, particularly like the detail ones.


Stewart

you need to have it set to panning mode so it only corrects for up and down movement otherwise it tries to correct for the side to side movement during panning which can cause blury shots.

[flat-planedCrank]

Cool shots hawkaye ! love the image quality with your 100-400

poah said:

you need to have it set to panning mode so it only corrects for up and down movement otherwise it tries to correct for the side to side movement during panning which can cause blury shots.

I have the canon system, it has a similar setting (mode 2) that senses the direction of the pan then stops stabilising that axis.
I still get the occasional 'grabbing' effect through the viewfinder though, guessing it needs a moment to identify whether the movement is an intentional pan.

I've had good results with IS turned on and off, so normally i just leave it on (mode 2). Though recently i read somewhere that people were suggesting that AF was faster with it disabled, not had chance to test that yet...


Cheers.