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"Logan Spitznauer" <mjdr10a@prodigy.net> wrote in news:yCo7e.46214
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> Belt buckle looked great!
>
>

I'm looking, but I don't see any belt buckle.

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Steve wrote:

>A subject close to my heart.
>A couple of questions . . .
>Autofocus or manual?
>What autofocus mode?
>Does it keep up with, particularly, the bikes coming toward you (e.g.
>with the front on ATV, did you pre-focus a predetermined spot and wait

>for the ATV to get there, or was the camera able to keep tracking the
>focus as he came toward you?
>Shutter lag - were the bikes framed as intended? Or did you have to
>anticipate? (i.e. is that measured .1sec lag noticeable in a shooting
>situation like this?)


>Cheers
>Steve



I only shoot stills with manual focus. All the action stuff is always
done in Autofocus C (Constant) mode. Action panning from side to side,
or coming at me and going away seem to focus very quickly, and
accurately. I get more than enough shots of each bike going past on the
straights, or around the corners, and choose which one I like best. The
7D really isn't that far behind my Maxxum 7 film camera in terms of
focus speed and fps. It's a tad slower, but still gets the job done. I
get plenty of shots of a bike entering a turn, passing through, and
exiting, and just choose the most interesting or best-framed out of the
bunch. The first shot, one of my favorites of the group because it
shows the most action, was backlit, so I spot metered on the center of
the rider and blasted it with my 5600HS(D) flash at +2 flash
compensation. The ISO was at 100 all day, and I shot only in Ex-Fine
..jpg, where I usually prefer RAW, but didn't want to burn up too much
card space by shooting in RAW+jpg to check focus and stuff with the
zoom feature. I also like to shoot at a much slower speed than most are
comfortable with, to show as much "action" as possible. Every once in a
while everything just falls together and you're lucky enough to get
that ONE shot where you have action (spinning wheels, sweeping
backgrounds, flinging dust or asphalt), while still having the vehicle
and the rider, or driver, depending on the situation, that look crisp
and clear right down to the smallest decal, cylinder fin, or
pinstriping. When I shoot bike features for Harley magazines, I only
shoot in RAW and bump things up with Genuine Fractals for use as a
two-page spread without resolution loss. Works for me!

Take care,
JD
Anonymous

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A subject close to my heart.
A couple of questions . . .
Autofocus or manual?
What autofocus mode?
Does it keep up with, particularly, the bikes coming toward you (e.g.
with the front on ATV, did you pre-focus a predetermined spot and wait
for the ATV to get there, or was the camera able to keep tracking the
focus as he came toward you?
Shutter lag - were the bikes framed as intended? Or did you have to
anticipate? (i.e. is that measured .1sec lag noticeable in a shooting
situation like this?)

Cheers
Steve

HDWriter wrote:
> Hope they look OK.
>
> http://www.pbase.com/hdwriter/supermoto
>
> Take care,
> JD
>
Anonymous

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HDWriter wrote:
> Steve wrote:
>
>
>>A subject close to my heart.
>>A couple of questions . . .
>>Autofocus or manual?
>>What autofocus mode?
>>Does it keep up with, particularly, the bikes coming toward you (e.g.
>>with the front on ATV, did you pre-focus a predetermined spot and wait
>
>
>>for the ATV to get there, or was the camera able to keep tracking the
>>focus as he came toward you?
>>Shutter lag - were the bikes framed as intended? Or did you have to
>>anticipate? (i.e. is that measured .1sec lag noticeable in a shooting
>>situation like this?)
>
>
>
>>Cheers
>>Steve
>
>
>
>
> I only shoot stills with manual focus. All the action stuff is always
> done in Autofocus C (Constant) mode. Action panning from side to side,
> or coming at me and going away seem to focus very quickly, and
> accurately. I get more than enough shots of each bike going past on the
> straights, or around the corners, and choose which one I like best. The
> 7D really isn't that far behind my Maxxum 7 film camera in terms of
> focus speed and fps. It's a tad slower, but still gets the job done. I
> get plenty of shots of a bike entering a turn, passing through, and
> exiting, and just choose the most interesting or best-framed out of the
> bunch. The first shot, one of my favorites of the group because it
> shows the most action, was backlit, so I spot metered on the center of
> the rider and blasted it with my 5600HS(D) flash at +2 flash
> compensation. The ISO was at 100 all day, and I shot only in Ex-Fine
> .jpg, where I usually prefer RAW, but didn't want to burn up too much
> card space by shooting in RAW+jpg to check focus and stuff with the
> zoom feature. I also like to shoot at a much slower speed than most are
> comfortable with, to show as much "action" as possible. Every once in a
> while everything just falls together and you're lucky enough to get
> that ONE shot where you have action (spinning wheels, sweeping
> backgrounds, flinging dust or asphalt), while still having the vehicle
> and the rider, or driver, depending on the situation, that look crisp
> and clear right down to the smallest decal, cylinder fin, or
> pinstriping. When I shoot bike features for Harley magazines, I only
> shoot in RAW and bump things up with Genuine Fractals for use as a
> two-page spread without resolution loss. Works for me!
>
> Take care,
> JD
>

Hey thanks, that is just the info I need before I take the plunge into
digital slr territory. Yeah, I like to shoot bikes at 1/250 or less, got
to have that b/g blur going! Still tossing up between the 7D and the
D70. Some reports complain that the 7D is slower than the D70, but it is
hard to put the actual numbers into a real world situation without
actually experiencing it.

Cheers
Steve
Anonymous

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On 13 Apr 2005 21:15:13 -0700, in rec.photo.digital , "HDWriter"
<aguyathome@aol.com> in
<1113452113.089816.173710@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> wrote:

>
>Hope they look OK.
>
>http://www.pbase.com/hdwriter/supermoto

They look great. Just for fun, how many shots did you take to end up
with this many good ones?


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All in all, if I could be any animal, I would want to be
a duck or a goose. They can fly, walk, and swim. Plus,
there there is a certain satisfaction knowing that at the
end of your life you will taste good with an orange sauce
or, in the case of a goose, a chestnut stuffing.
Anonymous

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>They look great. Just for fun, how many shots did you take to end up
>with this many good ones?

--
>Matt Silberstein


Selection was a matter of framing choice, more than image quality. Just
about every frame is crisp and clear.
Take care,
JD
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