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[OM] My first attempt at Motorsport photography with an E-300

Subject: [OM] My first attempt at Motorsport photography with an E-300
From: "Ian Nichols" <ian.a.nichols@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 11:45:19 +0100
Went to a motorcycle trackday at Cadwell Park last week, well, 2
consecutive days in fact.  Alas, I was unable to ride on the second
afternoon (just a few bruises, nothing broken, no bits of me anyway)
so devoted the afternoon to photography instead.

Better results than I expected: my panning has improved, and my timing
on the pre-focused shots wasn't too bad.  The E-300s continuous AF
lags a bit behind the action (I used it in most of the early
head-on/oblique angle shots) so next time I'll try using the
auto-focus point on the side of the screen centre that the subject is
moving towards, if you see what I mean.

All done with the DZ40-150 3.5-4.5 zoom, mostly at 150mm, handheld or
on a monopod, raw files, but V. little change from the camera settings
in development with Raw Shooter essentials.  This did mean that
shooting rapid sequences was out of the question, but I very rarely do
that anyway.

<http://ian955.fotopic.net>

Apologies for the names of riders being a bit obscure & meaningless.

Ian

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