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Subject: [OM] Motorsport Photography (back on topic at last!)
From: "Ian A. Nichols" <I.A.Nichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 09:44:11 +0000 (GMT)

On Tue, 1 Feb 2000 sje@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Most longish bike shots in magazines are taken with 300/400mm, and they must
> be used pretty wide open, the background and foreground are always well out
> of focus. I know a couple of the top race photog.s use Canon 600/4s &
> Velvia.

I really must practise my panning!  Last time I tried shooting moving 
bikes (trackday at Cadwell Park) I was using a lens 2 stops slower but
film 4 stops faster and most of them have motion blur (and terrible
framing).

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