F1 Race

[Camery]

Hi,

I will be going to F1 race.

Wonder what film should i bring considering the speed of the car zooming pass.

Any advice?

ISO 400/800? Kodak or Fuji?

Thanks.

[nightwolf75]

either film will do. as for ISO, IMO, the higher the better since it allows u to shoot as close to 'normal' shutter speeds (say 1/125sec) as possible.

more imptly, do u have the lenses to shoot? a few of my colleagues went sepang last yr, and they were hard-pressed to get a decent shot of the F1 cars from the gallery with 300mm+2x TC....

[Camery]

hi,

thank you for your advice.

I am thinking with ISO 800 will it cause over exposure? If that is the case that means i will have to set very fast shutter rite?

But if i want to freeze the action it has to be slow shutter? So I am a bit confuse.

What at gallery still difficult to get decent shot.... hmm i am using 300mm

guess i won't be able to capture anything fantastic then!

[nightwolf75]

Originally Posted by Camery hi, thank you for your advice. I am thinking with ISO 800 will it cause over exposure? If that is the case that means i will have to set very fast shutter rite? But if i want to freeze the action it has to be slow shutter? So I am a bit confuse. What at gallery still difficult to get decent shot.... hmm i am using 300mm guess i won't be able to capture anything fantastic then!

hmm... where's our resident sports shooting guru, sehsuan??

since u using film, u have to bear in mind the relation bet ISO, shutter speed and aperature. okie... if i'm wrong, will the gurus of sports/events correct, pls?

High ISO allows u to use a slower shutter speed and smaller aperature (f8, f11, f16 etc..). the smaller aperature will allow u to get a very sharp pic. the trade-off is higher grain in pic.

if u wanna freeze action, u need a high shutter speed. higher shutter speed will also cut down the amt of light reaching ur film, which forces u to open up ur aperature (f4, f2.8 etc..). this may cause u to OOF ur cars becos of the shallow depth of field (DOF). so, back to high ISO film.

300mm can, depending on where u are sitting, i guess. if u can get close to the tracks, i suppose u can get decent shots. oh yeah, do remember to use a monopod too for stability.

[wilis128]

Originally Posted by Camery Hi, I will be going to F1 race. Wonder what film should i bring considering the speed of the car zooming pass. Any advice? ISO 400/800? Kodak or Fuji? Thanks.

a good reading on shooting the F1..

http://www.andylees.com/shooting_f1/shooting_f1.html

[user111]

daylight no need to use ISO 800. since ISO 400 will more than suffice

[ZeusS]

Use ISO 100 for most most situations, I would go ISO 50 if the lights allow it. Shooting in such a wide open space means you have more lights available than you think. Was shooting on-track Sepang for a private event a few years back and I was having problem with ISO 400 cuz it was too bright and I had to be shooting at f16 or 22 most of the time.