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I'll just kick this off by saying what i use, camera wise, now.

Nikon D70 6 mega pixel digital slr
Nikkor 70-200mm F2.8 AFS VR Lens
18-70 AFS F3.5-4.5 Lens
50mm F1.8 Lens

i use:

kodak disposible
optional flash ddx5000
25 picture memory (roll of film)
30mm lens

bought from asda, always lowering prices!

Nikon F80 & Nikon FM (No not digital

:lol: - maybe santa will get me a nice D70 like Jimmy's :wink: )

Sigma 28-70 f2.8 ex
Nikon 50mm f1.8 AI
Sigma 70-300 f4-5.6
Tokina 19-35 f 3.5-4.5

This stuff's never even been taken to the track. I just can't race and do both. This stuff's for when I'm on holidays and can just wander and take in the world. My racing would turn to junk if I tried doing both!

Well i have a Nikon D50 and i love it used once at my local TC track. Jimmy i know your not a big TC fan but heres one of my pics with the lense i got with the camera :roll:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...n/DSC_0089.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...n/DSC_0105.jpg

I know on the top one is out of focus...still i like it 8)

Nice one will.
Sorry i had to change your photos to just links for now, until ive sorted something out to stop the site looking funny with big images, small images are fine.



Racing and taking photos, for me it means never skimming, charging up the day before, never change the setup, rarely change the tyres and never ever clean the car ! :D seems to work !


I can recommend the d70 jason, ive not had a "go" on the d50 but its a similar level camera, slightly smaller so im told.
Best bit wi these digital job is you can see what you took, oh, and you can ramp the iso up to get non-flash photos in lower light.

Yea Jimmy the D50 is slightly smaller than the D70 same with me ive never used a D70, would be nice to see what its like tho 8)

Well Jimmy knows what I've got, having had a little dabble with it already - a Canon EOS 350D

Just bought a 'long lens' (that's about the limit of my photography knowledge :oops: ) off ebay so I can try and get some close up action shots like the man himself :D

Chris

Wannabe :wink: :lol:

Here's a link to quite a good interactive photography site for all you amateurs like me.

http://www.canon.co.jp/Imaging/enjoydslr/index.html

It's made by Canon but it's relevant for all digital SLR makes.

Chris

Thats actually rather a good site chris for explaining it in basic terms. Ive never really read a book on photography, just picked bits up as I went along and figured the rest out, but explaining something to someone else is a bit tricky, that site does it well.

I'll list some of my "techniques" some time, probably not much you dont already know.

If anybody needs help on the photography side post here and i will be happy to help out were i can, until a few weeks ago i was a motorsport photographer, using a 1Dmk2 and various canon f2.8L lens, and i mostly shot for Autosport magazine, the SCSA race series and the Pickup Truck racing series.

Btw jimmy does a fine job, i went along to the Oxon national and realised how much harder 1/10 cars are to shoot than 1/1 scale, full size cars normally follow the racing line so it makes it easier to shoot. Buggys are a lot smaller and faster, and don't stick to a tight racing line :lol: so it make it really hard work.

Cheers
Jonathan

Well my new 'long lens' :oops: has arrived - it's a 75-300 f 4-5.6 III USM whatever that lot means :oops:

So watch out Jimmy Storey, theres a new kid on the block - after you've shown me how to use it of course :roll:

Chris

Hey Jonathan, what are you trying to say about us buggy drivers? :lol:

lol i read and thought the same :lol:

I was reading your Sig Chris, is there a oOple team now? :?: :roll:

Guys if you see my driving you would understand lol. my racing line is around a meter wide :oops:

A metre wide :shock: you're just showing off - my racing line is anywhere between the track markers..... hopefully :D

Team oOple is Jimmy's racing buddys - we get the odd free sticker and we've been promised a tee shirt with, get this, our name on!! :lol:

Jimmy knows talent when he sees it....eh Oscar :wink:

Chris

Sounds good :wink:

Trust you to ruin the illusion Chris :(

You could have said it was a full works supported drive, reserved only for the chosen elite :roll:

yea, chosen elite i like that! :) just john price (f2) chris lee (f4) and me (f3) tho vicky might be joining the team if she proves her self with her new B4 FT.


The usm stands for ultra sonic motor i think chris.. basically the lens focus is driven by a motor inside the lens, instead of by the motor in the camera body, so its faster.
75-300 is a nice reach, will be a nice lens outdoors next year..

I've been having a mess with it this afternoon (the lens that is :oops: ) I think I might need a tripod for when it's fully extended - all my piccys looked like i'd had about 15 pints last night and was suffering from a severe case of the DT's :shock:

Are those expensive image stabilising lenses able to counteract this or do they still require a tripod?

Chris