Dragonfire wrote:
Nice shots and fine panning technique
Thanks! It was my first track day and I managed to get some lucky shots, considering I didn't know what I was really doing haha. I've done 3 more track days since then, but good panning shots are DIFFICULT.
A few from the exit of the hairpin at Mosport during IMSA last summer:
Dragonfire wrote:
Nice shots and fine panning technique
BigBabyMoses06 wrote:
Thanks! It was my first track day and I managed to get some lucky shots, considering I didn't know what I was really doing haha. I've done 3 more track days since then, but good panning shots are DIFFICULT.
IMO the EVF experience of the R5 (and R6) does not help with achieving high panning hit rates. R6II, which I used for the above, is slightly better. There's too much lag and still-frame insertion as part of the overall EVF experience to keep a fast moving subject consistently framed during bursts. I found often my best frames were the first one and then again much later in a panning sequence when I'd adjusted to the EVF lag.
It wasn't until I used the R1 at a superbike racing weekend when I finally got relatively high panning consistency at slow shutter speeds. The difference with the R1 is it has a very OVF-like EVF with much lower latency than Canon's older cameras. The R5II is also pretty close, but I haven't yet had the chance to try one with motorsports (only hockey and football so far).
Not with the R1, but rather with the R6II; a superbike panning shot that worked out (does this count as automotive?):
Shot from the inside of the hairpin as the bikes exited and often got airtime under acceleration at Shannonville Motorsport Park. The challenge here was they're accelerating, meaning panning speed had to increase accordingly to keep them framed consistently.
A couple images from recent coverage of MotoGP in Austin. The first I was waiting on the track for GP to start and Moto2 was running a practice session. I was trying to see how low I could push panning shots and was at 1/15th of a second when a rider went over the handle bars right in front of me. Got a crazy motion blur / panning shot.
The second is top down from the COTA Tower at 600mm for a tight overhead panning shot.
