Basic Touring Car Photography Help

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Hello, this Sunday I am going to Knockhill racetrack for the British Touring Car Championships.

This will be my first time ever watching the touring cars and am taking the camera.

Can any one give any advice on what setup/settings to use on the DSLR? Just to make sure I capture some nice panning shots.

I have a Sony A200 DSLR and will have my 75-300 lens with me :)

Would I be best on shutter priority and go from there?

just dont want to turn up clueless :D

Sammy
 
Good luck, Knockhill is a dark hole of a place to try and photograph at, you might find aperture priority is more useable as, say even wide open your lens might struggle even at 1/250 iso 800. Even with an f/2.8 lens it can be a real struggle to get enough light into the camera there.

Oh and,take something to waterproof the camera, it's more or less guaranteed to be raining somewhere on the circuit. :lol:
 
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Try around 1/250th on Shutter Priority, however my best advice is to get there VERY early.

Even then you might still not have enough space to pan!


At the moment, I am thinking of going up Saturday only, depending on weather.

Should be a few less folk there and more opportunity to move about.
 
cool, to be honest i am going there predominately to photograph the Top 100 modified car show part. But wanted to try my hand at the touring cars.

my friends car is in the show so riding with him and will be there for it opening :D

thanks for the advice, will try my best. I think if its raining i will just stick to shooting static cars under my brolly :)
 
For panning shots 1/250 and whatever aperture and ISO to get the exposure correct. Servo focus and multiple shooting. Take plenty as you will miss framing in a lot of shots.

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For panning shots 1/250 and whatever aperture and ISO to get the exposure correct. Servo focus and multiple shooting. Take plenty as you will miss framing in a lot of shots.
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For touring cars, I'd go as low as 1/160 for panning to get the best effect.
 
In the digital camera magazine it says to use 1/200th as a starter then once you start getting the hang of it then start lowering your shutter speed.
 
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