Ouch....

[veryoldfart]

getting past the tree can be a problem sometimes...


whose this and when?

(no copyright issue cos its mine)

Edited by veryoldfart on Thursday 21st May 10:23

[Flying Toilet]

It is Chris Andrew driving one of Knut's fuel cars.

Chris had backing from Prolong but only made this one pass.

I think it was The 2004 Main Event?

[NitroWars]

2nd Qualifying session of the 2005 Main Event - Chris had not attempted a run in the 1st. Chris appeared for the 2nd qualifier on the Sunday as well and qualified #9. Only Joran Persaker qualified lower yet came in as alternate on the Monday.

[wirralranger]

Not one of chris's finer moments,but he will be back for more soon .........

[topnitro]

Here's the excellent shot caught by Ivan Sansom, published on DRO about 2 minutes after it happened. Well, it was published mighty quick, anyway!

[crikey]

Cracking shot by the Wookie, his other half taught him well

[Tet]

topnitro said:

Here's the excellent shot caught by Ivan Sansom, published on DRO about 2 minutes after it happened. Well, it was published mighty quick, anyway!

Speaking of which, any chance of seeing any of your photos from this year at some point? Sorry, I couldn't resist :-)

[veryoldfart]

crikey said:

Cracking shot by the Wookie, his other half taught him well

Motor drive, autofocus, £5K of Nikon and no barrier.....lol

[crikey]

veryoldfart said:

crikey said:

Cracking shot by the Wookie, his other half taught him well

Motor drive, autofocus, £5K of Nikon and no barrier.....lol

I was refering to the superb series his other half, Rose Hughes, took of Keneth Soderstrom's bump a year or so before Ivan took that one. As he didn't hit me when I saw him this morning I assume he hasn't read this thread yet.....

[topnitro]

Tet said:

topnitro said:

Here's the excellent shot caught by Ivan Sansom, published on DRO about 2 minutes after it happened. Well, it was published mighty quick, anyway!

Speaking of which, any chance of seeing any of your photos from this year at some point? Sorry, I couldn't resist :-)

Well, now there's something up from this year for you to have a look at!! I bet you won't have seen it when I see you tomorrow!



www.topnitro.co.uk for any others wishing to take a quick peek

Edited by topnitro on Sunday 24th May 00:55

[kestral]

veryoldfart said:

crikey said:

Cracking shot by the Wookie, his other half taught him well

Motor drive, autofocus, £5K of Nikon and no barrier.....lol

This type of shot can be done with a second hand camera say for instance a Canon T90 manual focus and a second hand 200mm telephoto lens cost under £400. The main thing is no barrier or people in the way. Drag racing photography is not that hard as long as you have access to all areas.

[Modernpics]

kestral said:

This type of shot can be done with a second hand camera say for instance a Canon T90 manual focus and a second hand 200mm telephoto lens cost under £400. The main thing is no barrier or people in the way. Drag racing photography is not that hard as long as you have access to all areas.

ahh yes but any old todger can take photos but to do it well it another thing all together. Would wager money on the fact that I i gave you my camera set up you wouldnt even be able to produce a in focus image. let alone something semi respectable

[Tet]

Modernpics said:

Would wager money on the fact that I i gave you my camera set up you wouldnt even be able to produce a in focus image. let alone something semi respectable

Probably true. Digital photography is wonderful in many, many ways. But I miss the fact that my old film camera had lenses with a horizontal split, and the two halves aligned when it was in focus. These days, with a modern DSLR, autofocus isn't always good enough for much of what I do, and there isn't enough feedback to allow the user to manually focus it correctly either :-(

[Modernpics]

Tet said:

Modernpics said:

Would wager money on the fact that I i gave you my camera set up you wouldnt even be able to produce a in focus image. let alone something semi respectable

Probably true. Digital photography is wonderful in many, many ways. But I miss the fact that my old film camera had lenses with a horizontal split, and the two halves aligned when it was in focus. These days, with a modern DSLR, autofocus isn't always good enough for much of what I do, and there isn't enough feedback to allow the user to manually focus it correctly either :-(

you can buy ground glass focusing screens (the bit that has the split) for most modern DSLR's allowing you to old school focus. Never really had any issues with auto focus not being fast enough it starts to struggle in less than 4 lums but at that point I can normally switch to one shot focus and allow the IR assists to give me focus.

When I had most people one of my cameras they struggle to engage the autofocus systems and due to the fact its normaly shooting at f2.8 all they end up with is pictures of a creme blur

[anonymous-user]

kestral said:

veryoldfart said:

crikey said:

Cracking shot by the Wookie, his other half taught him well

Motor drive, autofocus, £5K of Nikon and no barrier.....lol

This type of shot can be done with a second hand camera say for instance a Canon T90 manual focus and a second hand 200mm telephoto lens cost under £400. The main thing is no barrier or people in the way. Drag racing photography is not that hard as long as you have access to all areas.

• By day, Kestral tunes fuel cars.
• By night, he tells some of the best photographers in European drag racing that what they do is easy.
• So far, I've seen him prove neither.
• The quest, for the truth....continues.

[kestral]

topnitro said:

Here's the excellent shot caught by Ivan Sansom, published on DRO about 2 minutes after it happened. Well, it was published mighty quick, anyway!

The shot is exciting all the flames ect but that's it. All that would be needed is something like a second hand canon T90 (shutter priority)with a 200mm FD lens £400 of Ebay.500th second f5.6 Fujichrome 100.Peace of P***. Digital photography makes no difference except the fact you can cheat.

[veryoldfart]

Being near the object is the biggest advantage, the lens quality required in a 400mm vs a 50mm is extensive and expensive, sure you CAN get 400mm lenses for £200 but they will never be the optical quality of a good 50mm which would be using a much better aperture/depth of field combination and even maybe film speed

Edited by veryoldfart on Wednesday 27th May 21:45

[Furyous]

Mr Best, thats one of the best posts you've ever made !

[kestral]

Modernpics said:

kestral said:

This type of shot can be done with a second hand camera say for instance a Canon T90 manual focus and a second hand 200mm telephoto lens cost under £400. The main thing is no barrier or people in the way. Drag racing photography is not that hard as long as you have access to all areas.

ahh yes but any old todger can take photos but to do it well it another thing all together. Would wager money on the fact that I i gave you my camera set up you wouldnt even be able to produce a in focus image. let alone something semi respectable

If it's a digital set up it does not matter anyway Just give it the Adobe treatment.

[veryoldfart]

A second hand Zenit B or E with the 50mm Leica lens up close will trash a cheap long tom lens 400 yds away

some Zenits came with Hasselblad lenses I think - even better