Wahhh ... Ahleong Photography moving into motorsports already. Listen to his tips

To create more dynamism in your panning, go on a lower shutter speed to create motion blur for your bokeh and sense of speed with the bike rims still spinning when you capture them. Otherwise, your shots will look too stagnant with backgrounds looking sharp and grasses still faintly visible.

A about 1/60, even if you can handheld the camera, it won't be able to track the bike down at that speed with a frame that wide

Well ... you're using what to track the bike? Focusing points? Or just plain closing down the aperture and hope that the DOF will cover the bike as it zooms across? At 1/100 the image is still very fuzzy, means the bokeh still indicates that your hand moved DOWN instead or only right to left.

This post has been edited by ac98: Feb 8 2007, 01:22 PM

Of course it is!

It means if you neither specify a AF point or let the camera decide where the bike is, then there is not way you can get the bike sharp. The camera doesn't know what is track and what is bike. Even if you did specify a AF point, the chances of a speeding bike slipping pass the lil' red dot is very high, not a very effective to accurately capture the bike that way. What if you have to get TWO bikes in focus instead of just ONE?

There's no better way than to have the camera decide, even so, the camera must have enough points to support selective AF, up to at least 11-points. Now we're talking EOS 400D to EOS 30D here already

It's both good practice as well as a challenge for beginners doing motorsports. It's recommended to own at least 1 professional body if you're being paid to capture motorsports events. Not only you're working for speed but entry level bodies won't be able to handle the stress of shooting, lack of functions and the adverse working conditions.

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Added on February 8, 2007, 2:55 pm
Yalah ... Ahleong wanna buy one and use for 2007 Super GT, he covering motorsports events jor

This post has been edited by ac98: Feb 8 2007, 02:55 PM

Well, you will HAVE to make sure that the subject matter falls onto corresponding AFPs, that will differeciate pros and beginners. As a beginner, you won't bother at all

That's why Ahleong wanna see your TC, test only mah, he might just get a Sigma or some other branded TC

Dun get 3rd party batteries, later camera siukaujor (burn already) you will CRY!

All I can say is ... pro bodies let you worry less about the 'hows' of photography so you can concentrate on the 'whats'. Less questions, more answers, that is what a pro body can give you

Can ... no problem!

Nah ... dun mention it. Unlike photo forums, experienced photographers either keep their mouth shut or just playing stuck up so newbies won't steal their ricebowl. To me, professional photography market is stable enough to support its own : You pay professional price you get professional work, you pay 'newbie price' you get newbie images.

In forums like this, it's good to share and there's nothing better than to be more vocal becoz the world out there needs more 'action photographers' rather than 'vocal photographers'. When you're in here you talk more, when you're out there you DO more. Just becoz I am sharing more info does not mean I am spilling the beans, I am just sharing what I know i.e the hurdles I been thru, the crap I've seen and heard, so that newbies won't stumble over simple things in their learning curve. For example, if I tell you all the bed of roses of shooting a model drenched wet in FRIM you won't know anything about it apart from the excitement until you're there. Of course, I WON'T tell you about the mosquitos and leeches until you get bitten. The shoot is for you to enjoy ... the bites, wet spells and sufferings are for you to experience.

Enjoy Photography ... there's much more to learn than the pressing of the shutter button