Thread: AU-LRO camera club meetup at Eastern Creek

I haven't downloaded yet, Steve - besides how do you expect me to do better than Matthew?





I reckon he's done a damn good job!

There were a lot of duds! These were all cropped significantly and mildly tweaked in lightroom.

Cheers, Steve

I wish I'd tried another lens. My results are abysmal. Very few are sharp.

Dog of a day, Ron?



Steve

PS (I took this one)

Yes!

Here's a few to start:

This one ain't great quality but what do you notice about the rider. He's gutsy!



Thank goodness it was a little bike:



A gaggle of historic racers:





Well, it was a two wheeler meeting!





Interesting:

Looks good Ron. You can see the quality of the optics compared to the P&S.

Were you using MF or AF for these? Nothing I shot in MF is sharp.

Cheers, Steve

I was using MF nearly all day, pre-focussing and shooting - hoping the aperture would help with sharpness. Unfortunately, it was cloudy so the aperture was still often too large.

Regrettably, I didn't try any race shots with the Sigma DC 18-200 lens.

I tried panning with and without vibration reduction (VR) (Pentax advise it may not work well with panning. Pentax use in-camera vibration reduction by oscillating the image sensor. It has the advantage that it works with any lens.)

I haven't examined the EXIF data yet to separate those taken with VR on or off.


As I've noted before, Picasa definitely degrades the images. Does Fickr?

I might host the same images on my website and then post them up side-by-side with the Picasa hosted images.

This is the lens I used yesterday for all the track shots: SMC Pentax-FA 100-300mm F4.5-5.6 Reviews - FA Zoom Lenses - Pentax Lens Reviews & Lens Database

One can see the reviews talk about image softness. I bought it second hand for $55 so I can't really complain.

I look forward to seeing some of the pix you took with your rather impressive combo. One thing I particularly liked about your Nikon vs. my Pentax was the brightness of the screen back. Mine is virtually useless if not in the shade.

I also like the way your monopod mounted to the lens rather than the camera body like mine. Even with a monopod, I had difficult holding the camera steady.

I should have taken the tripod with me. It was in the car. Silly me. We went close enough to my car on our way to turn 2, I could have grabbed it.

Thank goodness Eastern Creek isn't far for me to go so I can do it all again - especially after our walk yesterday to learn the best camera spots.

Originally Posted by 300+

Ron and I caught up today at Eastern Creek to try out the tips posted on the site this week. It is always good to put a face to the name on these forums.

I'm getting in first to set the bar:











These were all taken by my 8 year old on a 7 year old point and shoot. There is a level of crappyness about the camera with aberration, artefacts and wonky colours, but they aren't bad at all.

Your turn Ron

Cheers, Steve

Whilst probably more good luck than management, for an old point and shoot and 8yr old photographer, bike #63 is excellent. Id be proud of that one.

J