Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/08/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You ate doing fine from the current vantage point but having autofocus will definitely help you out from the press area. On Fri, Aug 30, 2019, 6:32 PM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > Went along to Mondello Park circuit in Co. Kildare with my friend > Brendan as he was racing his 49 year old Mallock car in the Historic > Racing Car Association event there. The weather was extremely > unpredictable and went from sunny to torrential downpour and back again > at regular intervals. The Mallock is only fitted with an ohv 1.6 litre > Holbay modifed Ford and lacks grunt on the straights, but is competitive > in the twiddly bits. Unfortunately, we also had engine issues - > overheating ignition analyser - which restricted revs to 4,000 rpm > causing him to drop down the field from second place on the grid, and > made the interval between races somewhat fraught. I took some pictures > anyway and here's 38 of them - some repetitive, of course :-) > > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Sport/Motorsport/2019/Racing+August+2019+Mondello/ > > Taken with various lenses on my Sony A7ii, but the longest was an > ancient pentax fit CPC 80-200 f4 which I haven't used before in > conjunction with the Sony. I have to get a decent (for daylight) > autofocus Sony fit zoom, especially as I'm promised a gilet jaune with > enhanced circuit positioning as a member of the media next time out. > > Douglas > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >