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Can any body tell me what i am doing wrong please ,:) I went to a track day for the first time and hoped to get a few at least half decent photos , i think i have the panning bit ok ( got the cars in the centre of photo ) but ! my photos were either all sharp or all blurred or blurred car and sharp background , not one had a sharp car, blurred wheels and blurred background .
I am going to have another go this sunday at Mablethorpe sandracing so if you can help i would be most grateful , would love to get some better photos. :help: .Thanks.
 
Post some examples with the exif intact and people will be able to help better. I would imagine it's a setup issue with shutter speed and aperture wrong or a focusing error.
 
Ah, yeah been there, done that. It's always good to keep a few bad shots as you can check the settings you used and learn why it didn't work. In the heat if the moment you don't always take notice if every setting and might have missed something quite obvious.
 
If you have image recovery software (Sandisk for example provide it free with their cards and there are free ones on the net) you will probably be able to get your pictures back.
 
Where you shooting on auto mode, or shutter priority?
 
Oggy said:
If you have image recovery software (Sandisk for example provide it free with their cards and there are free ones on the net) you will probably be able to get your pictures back.
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Hi Oggy, No i havent got image recovery software , so will not bother this time as they were such rubbish :'(


lawrie29 said:
Where you shooting on auto mode, or shutter priority?
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Hi lawrie ,Auto then Shutter priorty (somebody changed it for me ) i am still learning and tryng to get out of using auto.:thinking:
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What would be the best setting for sand racing photos tomorrow , and i will try and get some photos worth looking at ,(fingers crossed) .

Thanks for the replies i have recieved .:) .:thankyou:
 
It's going to be a bit of trial and error on the shutter speed to get one that works for you. To fast and the whole scene will be still, too slow and it will all be blurry. You also need to remember that whilst you say your panning is OK, as the cars are fully in the frame, you need to be moving the camera at the same rate as the car, to keep the car nice and sharp with background blur.
 
I will see how i got on tomorrow , and try and tell you what i have done and if it worked .:thumbs:
 
Hi
I am no expert on this so I tried this at the beggining of the year and I put up a post and got told to use these setting for a base and work from there

Shutter 1/200
F8
iso= well it depends on the day and the light you have available but start low if sunny and move accordingly if dull/overcast

This is just a starting point but good luck and lets see some pics next time

spike
 
Thanks Spike , will put some photos on after tomorrows try.If i am not too embarrassed.:$ .;)
 
Do not be embarrased, even if they are not up to the standard of most sports togs on here they will be able to tell you how to get better images.
Its all a big learning circle

Good luck

spike
 
And are you taking a single shot or "machine gunning" the trigger. Machine gunning can help as you get more chances on a pass, though eats memory!
 
barneyrubble said:
One other hint - set the camera to single point auto focus, dont let it choose what to focus on.
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+1!!!

If you had a low f-stop and auto focus picked up on the background it would have more than likely rendered the car out of focus.

When I take shots of cricket or rugby I always have the apeture wide open and use single point/centre focusing.

You might want to try switching between one-shot and servo AF too. Some lenses/cameras might not to be able to keep up with something as fast moving as a car so servo AF might struggle. With an apeture of f8 you may be able to get away with one-shot AF as the car rushes past.
 
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