Hello .....I always have enjoyed motorsports and now a brand new cart racing circuit has been built near me and I would like to do some shooting at the track.
Will be shooting Sony A1 and since I am a bird photographer my lenses are limited. I do have the 200-600 Sony and a Sony 24-105 but was thinking maybe better off with the 70-200 range or the 35-150 ............. if any of you are shooting carts and have some thoughts please let me know.
From a general sports perspective, you can never go wrong with a 70-200. If the Sony 200-600 can keep up with birds, I have to believe it can keep up with a (small) auto.
It appears from what I can see online that there are no plans showing where you can or cannot shoot from. With that in mind, I would bring as wide of range of focal lengths as possible.
Some kart tracks are quite tight where you are right on top of the track. A good rule of thumb is that you need about 100 mm for every ten yards for a full size individual. If you are not on top of the track a 70-200 is going to be too short maybe. The 200-600 may be a good range particularly if all of the races are in good light. At most tracks you would not be close enough to make good use of a 35-150. You may now have a good excuse to preorder the Sigma f2 200. I think you can probably get fine subject isolation with your 200-600. I am suprised someone built a new kart track. Most of the ones I know have closed over the years. If you don't have a 70-200 it's a very good all purpose sports lens.
Thanks for the comments and suggestions. I'm going to find out where they will allow me to shoot from and then make a decision.
The Sigma 200 f/2 really sounds like a sweet lens
Karl Witt wrote:
Hello .....I always have enjoyed motorsports and now a brand new cart racing circuit has been built near me and I would like to do some shooting at the track.
Will be shooting Sony A1 and since I am a bird photographer my lenses are limited. I do have the 200-600 Sony and a Sony 24-105 but was thinking maybe better off with the 70-200 range or the 35-150 ............. if any of you are shooting carts and have some thoughts please let me know.
Karl
I’ve shot tons of karting at many different tracks and my favorite lens is my 300mm. Your 200-600 will be perfect 👌
A 70-200 is likely best here if you're thinking pan shots, and the 35-150 or 24-70 will be good for wides also depending on how close they allow you to the track. If you want far tights, the 200-600 could work but you'd only get folks separated if they're not clumped up/in a pack, or if you're on the outside of a corner where you could get them staggered as they turn.
I usually use a 70-200/2.8S and a 400/2.8S TC (Nikon) for motorsports, but the 400 would be too long for karts.
