Trackside... (AMA@PPIR)

[Seymore]

I found that turn 4 can be one of the better areas of the infield @ PPIR to shoot... when you don't have a media pass. :wxwax

All trackside shots were made with an older MF Tamron 300/2.8 @ f8...
http://www.macmurph.com/photodb/pictures/8/2032/640x480/38.jpg

http://www.macmurph.com/photodb/pictures/8/2032/800x480/24.jpg

http://www.macmurph.com/photodb/pictures/8/2032/800x480/4.jpg

http://www.macmurph.com/photodb/pictures/8/2032/800x480/10.jpg
Click on PIC for Album (http://www.macmurph.com/photodb/album.php?album_id=2032)

[Seymore]

A few different angles @ turn 4...

All trackside shots were made with an older MF Tamron 300/2.8 @ f8...
http://www.macmurph.com/photodb/pictures/8/2032/800x480/6.jpg

http://www.macmurph.com/photodb/pictures/8/2032/800x480/12.jpg

http://www.macmurph.com/photodb/pictures/8/2032/800x480/26.jpg

http://www.macmurph.com/photodb/pictures/8/2032/800x480/27.jpg
Click on PIC for Album (http://www.macmurph.com/photodb/album.php?album_id=2032&start=20)

[BrettG]

Very nice! :thumb

I'm interested in trying some racing photos sometime, so a technical quetsion - does your AF keep up with the bikes, or do you manually focus and shoot as they come into range?

[Edit - whoops, just read your other thread and saw that the tamron is a manual focus lens... ]

[Seymore]

Very nice! :thumb

I'm interested in trying some racing photos sometime, so a technical quetsion - does your AF keep up with the bikes, or do you manually focus and shoot as they come into range?

[Edit - whoops, just read your other thread and saw that the tamron is a manual focus lens... ]Thanks Brett...

Yep... MF only. I did find that with this lens tracking something, not moving horizontally, was hit-n-miss and only ~10% of the shots were unusable. As far as coming thru the corner, once I had a focus at a certain range, bursts of 3 improved to ~50%. I suspect your Minolta's will perform well, with enough range on the glass.

Please show us your shots... (once you have the opportunity...)