New camera, wet day at oulton park NG Road Racing 7/8/21

[Wack61]

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[Phil H]

Nice pics.

 

[Guy]

Great lenswork! I assume not a really fast shutter to retain the movement but a pretty wide aperture (2.8?). It's always great when the new kit works out!

 

[lifes2short]

great pics and pin sharp, what's the camera

 

[Wack61]

Sony A9ii & 200-600mm lens

Most of these are at 1/320s and wide open at f/6.3 at the 600mm end

 

[lifes2short]

Sony A9ii & 200-600mm lens

Most of these are at 1/320s and wide open at f/6.3 at the 600mm end

nice, had to google that, expensive piece of kit and a big bugger lens as well

 

[Guy]

I am still hauling my EOS 1DX around. Part of my weight training regime! I sometimes long for something lighter! mirrorless seems the way to go

 

[Wack61]

The advantage of mirrorless is you can put a pancake lens on it and it'll fit in your pocket

The main weight is the lenses , big lenses make the camera feel really small so you need a battery grip and , you're back where you started

I've got a Pentax ME Super which is almost exactly the same size as a mirrorless camera so it shows you how big DSLRs have got

 

[CatmanV2]

Have to agree. I love my little M3 but as soon as you put decent lenses on it I wonder whether I should just go back to a DSLR

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[Wack61]

Having played with this Sony for a weekend there's no way I'd go back to a DSLR , the hit rate is phenomenal

I've never known a camera to track a subject like this , 300m away it'll lock on to a bike , a green box appears on the subject , even when all I could see was the top of his head behind the fence it was still locked on

Then he cleared the fence and a Japanese voice said oi knobhead are you taking this picture or what
Amazing

 

[Wack61]

I am still hauling my EOS 1DX around. Part of my weight training regime! I sometimes long for something lighter! mirrorless seems the way to go

If you want to take decent pictures most of the bodies under 10 years old will do that but it's the glass that makes the difference



There really isn't much weight to be saved unless you're shooting landscapes with a little 18mm Samyang on when it can go from the above , to this, almost pocket sized

 

[Guy]

This is my favourite sporting combination. I think the DSLR does balance the lens better but combined it id 4.5kg......

 

[Scaf]

I really admire those of you that take photography so seriously, taking proper pictures with proper cameras. If I had to do lockdown all over again I think I would use the time to learn the basics.
In the meantime I am embarrassed to say that I play around with a Nikon P900 using just the presets and keep well away from the manual settings.
I can get some remarkably good long range snaps though.

Homepage

Nikon

www.nikon.co.uk

 

[Guy]

I really admire those of you that take photography so seriously, taking proper pictures with proper cameras. If I had to do lockdown all over again I think I would use the time to learn the basics.
In the meantime I am embarrassed to say that I play around with a Nikon P900 using just the presets and keep well away from the manual settings.
I can get some remarkably good long range snaps though.

Homepage

Nikon

www.nikon.co.uk

passion and enthusiasm is a great starting place!

 

[Wack61]

This is my favourite sporting combination. I think the DSLR does balance the lens better but combined it id 4.5kg......View attachment 89054

Is that a 300 f/2.8 I had the non IS version about 10 years ago , by the end of the day it was like swinging a sledgehammer about

 

[Guy]

Is that a 300 f/2.8 I had the non IS version about 10 years ago , by the end of the day it was like swinging a sledgehammer about

That's the one. Care required if at a circuit all day if corrective physio is to be avoided!

 

[Wack61]

I'd like the sony one but there's just no way

 

[Guy]

Canon one is the same price new so I bought mine from ex pro who was switching to mirrorless and lighter lenses, clearly not working out enough!