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Motorsport Snappers Survey?
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Gary
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i'm with you on that one
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Funny that the panic idea has been mentioned as I recently moved to Panasonic which has two Custom modes on the dial right next to each other. C1 defaults to my standard panning settings (1/60, single shot, ISO 160 etc) and C2 is going to be my 'crash mode', I'm currently expermenting with how best to set that one up, a very fast shutter speed, burst and Auto ISO limited to 1600 seems to be the way to go.
Annoyingly it has a 'Intelligent Auto' button right next to the shutter, but that's the only button that isn't customizable!
6 years of shooting and I've never caught a crash properly, I'm always in 1/15th or something ridiculous when it happens.
Annoyingly it has a 'Intelligent Auto' button right next to the shutter, but that's the only button that isn't customizable!
6 years of shooting and I've never caught a crash properly, I'm always in 1/15th or something ridiculous when it happens.
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No, I don't mean some sort of fiddly dial, I want a PANIC BUTTON. It needs to be large, red and have the words PANIC BUTTON written on it 
Alternatively, voice activated so when I go "5h1111111111ttttt!" it allows me to catch the tumbling fireball as it rolls towards me
Alternatively, voice activated so when I go "5h1111111111ttttt!" it allows me to catch the tumbling fireball as it rolls towards me
Gary
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No, I don't mean some sort of fiddly dial, I want a PANIC BUTTON. It needs to be large, red and have the words PANIC BUTTON written on it
Alternatively, voice activated so when I go "5h1111111111ttttt!" it allows me to catch the tumbling fireball as it rolls towards me
activated by the sound of gravel
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or the sound of marshals and other togs running for their lives
A custom function to auto switch to the highest shutter speed at a user defined max ISO after a user defined number of rapid fire shots (some may prefer 2, 3 or 4) would go a long way to help, as it could be done in firmware instead of the design and manufacturing costs of a big red button.
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Interesting. I shoot RAW currently (I have a 350D, the files don't take up that much space), just because I feel I have a bit more control. But reading through this I get the impression I should be switching to JPEG?
When it comes to my editing of the RAW, I find that I pick the the best ones straight away (there's a browser I've got that allows me to see what they all look like on a big scale), then the Photoshop RAW editing panel that comes up has everything that I'd usually want to do with my editing. It's probably quicker than editing a JPEG for me in reality...
Storage wise, once the event is over and I've sifted through the rest from the event I move all the RAW's over onto a external hard drive for if I ever need them again.
When it comes to my editing of the RAW, I find that I pick the the best ones straight away (there's a browser I've got that allows me to see what they all look like on a big scale), then the Photoshop RAW editing panel that comes up has everything that I'd usually want to do with my editing. It's probably quicker than editing a JPEG for me in reality...
Storage wise, once the event is over and I've sifted through the rest from the event I move all the RAW's over onto a external hard drive for if I ever need them again.
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Speedster502 said:
That's pretty much what I do, but with Lightroom. If it works for you, there's no need to change!