Panning Go Karting on Floodlit Track?

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Hello

Very new to photography

I am going to a Go Karting event tonight and want to get a mix of good shots including a few panning images.

I have read quite a few guides regarding panning but the issue is the floodlight track. Anybody got any good ideas on how to approach this?

Thanks
 
Go kart tracks are usually pretty dark so you will probably need to crank the ISO right up. Don't use flash as that will freeze the motion of the karts.

Good luck and have fun.
 
Rear curtain flash would still give you some motion and a sharp image of the kart if it's too dark for available light shots.
 
The best Go-Karting shots I have seen are taken from low level rather than looking down at the Karts, this could be a slight issue whilst panning though....

Good luck!
 
Thanks for the replies guys

So I should set the ISO to a higher number (am thinking 800 and above) orset the camera to rear sync flash?
 
Sorry, didn't read the bit about being very new to photography. What camera do you have by the way? If your camera can go up to a high ISO without spoiling the picture with too much noise that'd be the better option.
 
if you are really struggling for light then use av mode and set the aperture wide open. Then change the ISO to the lowest number that will get you the shutter speed you require.

for panning - 1/120 sec or less
for freezing the action 1/320 or more

thats a rough guide anyway.
 
James Pardon said:
Sorry, didn't read the bit about being very new to photography. What camera do you have by the way? If your camera can go up to a high ISO without spoiling the picture with too much noise that'd be the better option.
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No problem at all :). I have a Sony A200, anything above ISO 800 gets fairly grainy
 
Gary said:
if you are really struggling for light then use av mode and set the aperture wide open. Then change the ISO to the lowest number that will get you the shutter speed you require.

for panning - 1/120 sec or less
for freezing the action 1/320 or more

thats a rough guide anyway.
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LOL, I had ISO 3200, a 50mm 1.4 and was struggling to get 1/100th it was so dark at the last place I went.
 
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