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Subject: [Leica] IMGs x 38: Racing cars and racing bikes
From: don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2019 18:36:16 -0500
References: <66c35045-aef1-7f60-4909-1c969f03b32c@iol.ie>

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
>
>
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