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[OM] Re: Koni Challenge Grand-Am Race at Iowa Speedway

Subject: [OM] Re: Koni Challenge Grand-Am Race at Iowa Speedway
From: "Joel Wilcox" <jfwilcox@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 23:04:46 -0500
Nice!

So you're saying the grip *improves* AF speed?!  Howzat work?

Joel W.

On 5/3/07, AG Schnozz <agschnozz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Two Saturdays ago I photographed the racing action at the Iowa
> Speedway. Except for a few shots here and there, everything was taken
> with the E-1 and the rest with the A1.  I shot in-camera JPEGs and
> the only post-processing is just a resize/sharpen process in
> Photoshop's batch mode.
>
> Yeah, there are a lot of pictures here, but it's actually pretty
> enjoyable if you select the slideshow mode.
>
> Lenses used:  14-54 zoom, 100/2.8, 200/4.
>
> The RX-8 was damaged during qualifying when it backed into the Turn 1
> wall going about 130mph. By far, the RX-8s were the loudest cats on
> the track, but suprisingly, the Mini was almost as loud.  None were
> really all that bad, though--nothing compared to stock cars.
>
> http://image66media.com/Gallery/grandam01
>
> My only complaint is that my 200/4 has horribly slow AF.  ;)
> Seriously, I was very amazed at how fast the 14-54 AF in continious
> mode was focusing with the battery-grip.  No issues there.
>
> AG

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