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Old 04-02-2012
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I'll echo Jimmy. Indoor RC racing photography is about as tough as it gets (outside of a warzone, anyway) - rubbish light, fast-moving and small objects are a perfect storm of photographic nightmares.

Bad light = needs big aperture
Fast moving = Needs high shutter speed
Small = Need to be close, thus accentuating lack of depth of field

It boils down to you needing to nail focus with wide aperture on a close, fast-moving object. Any errors are punished by the lack of depth of field. You may find going manual and pre-focusing might work better - you'll note with this method that A finalists are easier to shoot, because their line is more predictable.
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