Croft - BARC Championship

[Barry123]

word up mothercluckers. Went to croft for the first time as a spectator - loved the setup. Basically you can mingle around the paddock, chat to the teams and have a nosey at the cars. Great day.

Anywayyyyyyyyyyyy pics. Right my 200mm focal limit is pissing one off most unagreeably currently. Must get a juicy sigma asap.

Anyway struggled on and here's the pics.
A Ford Fiesta entering the first turn off the pit straight, being chased by a slightly newer Fiesta:
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i52/adsayer/Croft%20-%2030-08-08/IMG_5087.jpg

Mazda's going through some corner
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i52/adsayer/Croft%20-%2030-08-08/IMG_5109.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i52/adsayer/Croft%20-%2030-08-08/IMG_5142.jpg

Literally shhhhhhit loads of BMW's coming through that same corner:
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i52/adsayer/Croft%20-%2030-08-08/IMG_5189.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i52/adsayer/Croft%20-%2030-08-08/IMG_5206.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i52/adsayer/Croft%20-%2030-08-08/IMG_5219.jpg

This is one poorly setup suspension:
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i52/adsayer/Croft%20-%2030-08-08/IMG_5300.jpg

This one is a bit better:
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i52/adsayer/Croft%20-%2030-08-08/IMG_5340.jpg

Whoops:
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i52/adsayer/Croft%20-%2030-08-08/IMG_6127.jpg

Marshall to the Rescue!
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i52/adsayer/Croft%20-%2030-08-08/IMG_6119.jpg

A few slow pans, pow:
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i52/adsayer/Croft%20-%2030-08-08/IMG_5401.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i52/adsayer/Croft%20-%2030-08-08/IMG_5469.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i52/adsayer/Croft%20-%2030-08-08/IMG_5473.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i52/adsayer/Croft%20-%2030-08-08/IMG_5660.jpg

Racing was pretty tight at times:
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i52/adsayer/Croft%20-%2030-08-08/IMG_5486.jpg

And contained some old skool cool:
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i52/adsayer/Croft%20-%2030-08-08/IMG_5543.jpg

Legends were Smokin' it up:
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i52/adsayer/Croft%20-%2030-08-08/IMG_5727.jpg

Some Mg's
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i52/adsayer/Croft%20-%2030-08-08/IMG_5680.jpg

Seat thingy chased by caterhams and stuff:
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i52/adsayer/Croft%20-%2030-08-08/IMG_5760.jpg

Z-Car Mini:
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i52/adsayer/Croft%20-%2030-08-08/IMG_5824.jpg

Triumph I think:
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i52/adsayer/Croft%20-%2030-08-08/IMG_5996.jpg

Corsa shit:
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i52/adsayer/Croft%20-%2030-08-08/IMG_6038.jpg

The Superior Automotive Beast:
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i52/adsayer/Croft%20-%2030-08-08/IMG_6098.jpg

Fail, milliseconds Before:
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i52/adsayer/Croft%20-%2030-08-08/IMG_6007.jpg

Fail After:
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i52/adsayer/Croft%20-%2030-08-08/IMG_6035.jpg

Fail:
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i52/adsayer/Croft%20-%2030-08-08/IMG_5565.jpg

Fail:
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i52/adsayer/Croft%20-%2030-08-08/IMG_5713.jpg

Sorry there's so many!

Cheers everyone

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[Yates]

i could hear it today, remembered you were up, did for a second bout going up, but my bed was too comfy

[Barry123]

pretty long day tbh. was there 7 hours. yes i need to get laid.

[jaybiss]

sayer, you need to tell me next time you're going!

good pics though :)

[Barry123]

croft is like, a billion miles from solihull though.

[jaybiss]

45 mins from here though...

[Barry123]

comprende?

[jaybiss]

at kellys init...

[Barry123]

safe bruv. how long you mincing around there for?

[Viper]

you pillock. should have said. i'd have come up for a laugh!

when you next going up to play?

great pics man! love the one with the sign ;)

[jaybiss]

go home tomorrow

sayer: still hate 7dayshop?

http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=777_1&products_id=104438&PHPSESSID=18a675dce092ca1a5a7c88e57f188202

[Barry123]

Only holds 1kg... my 85mm lens weighs that on its own :n:

otherwise it'd be nice.

[jaybiss]

but how often do you use that lens ;)

do you know how to use it yet :P

[Barry123]

use all the time man Can't get enough of it... when I did my sister (makes me laugh everytime), i used that lens, when I did dadsayer, I used that lens, when I did Mattchewone, I used that lens.

honestly... nope i don't know how to use it properly. It's soooo hard to get it spot on the 10D struggles like a mofo to get it in focus. Can't wait for the 40 to come back.

[jaybiss]

you've done most of your family then? ;)

its good when you keep it in the family...

on a serious note, what toys have you got that i can look at trax? after xmas i think im going to replace the sigma...

[Barry123]

Yet to do mothersayer properly. She keeps refusing when I ask her which I find quite rude.

but anyway...

camera stuff... everything?
10D gripped
40D gripped
550 EX
580 EX
Sigma 10-20
Sigma 17-35
Canon 50 f/1.8
Canon 70-200 f/4 IS
Canon 85 F/1.2
umbrellas
gels
wireless triggers
light stands,
backgrounds
flash bracket
erm that's it think :err:
lens cleaning stuff :ponder:
blower :ponder:
Probably have the kenko extender before the end of the next week...

you don't like the sigma? why? it's class.

[jaybiss]

i wouldnt mind being blown tbh...

just looking to upgrade it, its a wicked lens but want to splash the cash in the new year for a quality lens.

it does do my head in when it cant focus in macro mode, i have to do that shit manually

plus its mega noisy lol

[Predator_R32]

nice pics ads :y:

looks a lot dryer than 2 weeks ago when we were up lol

[mattchewone]

Those pics are AWESOME!!

Slow pans = Pure brilliance!

What sigma you after? You not wanting a TC for the 70-200?

[BENSAX3]

looks good, how do you not get the wire fence in your phots. at silverstone to day i kept getting the wire fence. i no i was using a standar kit lense but would a good zoom lense "zoom through the fence". if that makes sense

[Ryan]

different tracks have difference fence set ups, some have tv flaps, also decent lenses eg not the kit lens you can set them to 2.5M focusing so they dont focus on the fence.

[neilandhisvtr]

nice work..

im having a wobble, im not feeling motorsport photography at the moment.. maybe just done too much and is time for a change of scenery so to speak over the winter break?

[Barry123]

Faff around with multiple flashes man. Makes you think more and you'll become a better photographer as a result.
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[mattchewone]

Shhhhhhhhh

Sayer i hear rumors of the 5D mkII and some specs for it which sound promising!! (not sure on how true this is but i trust my source!!)
Hopefully should be announced by xmas so i hear.

[neilandhisvtr]

Sayer i hear rumors of the 5D mkII and some specs for it which sound promising!! (not sure on how true this is but i trust my source!!)
Hopefully should be announced by xmas so i hear.

that rumour is older than the ones about nessie and big foot lol

[Barry123]

yep man be reading about it.a lot of bullshit flying around and Im not sure how some of the specs can be true if they meet or exceed the 1DSmkIII. I'll get one there is no doubt now... But in no to be a beta tester for it x

[mattchewone]

that rumour is older than the ones about nessie and big foot lol

yep man be reading about it.a lot of bullshit flying around and Im not sure how some of the specs can be true if they meet or exceed the 1DSmkIII. I'll get one there is no doubt now... But in no to be a beta tester for it x

Well my mr man is very accurate tbh he told me about the 50D and new lens last time when that came out. He is how can i put this somewhat connected with canon.

Well the rumours i have heard dont seem over the top either. Although there might be a strange new function if he is right and canon go ahead.

[neilandhisvtr]

share the rumour then.. we want specs! lol

(ads - finally ordered those hotshoe to sync cord adaptors btw)

[mattchewone]

share the rumour then.. we want specs! lol

(ads - finally ordered those hotshoe to sync cord adaptors btw)

Erm well not really too sure i should lol.

Well:
Digic 4 lol
Approx i think he said 21mp or 15mp cant remember exactly
Live view
metal casing
A new special function not sure i should say

Cant think of much else.

[Barry123]

the magic new function is Movie mode. Which is a gimic at best. The newest nikons have it - nothing special. Those specs I have seen countless times in the rumour mill.

[mattchewone]

Full HD movie mode aparently if Canon go ahead with it.

[Barry123]

again it serves no purpose really... just a bit of gimic. Sorry about the bluntness of the above post (wasn't exactly legal to type a message where I was at the time) lol.

yeah digic IV is obvious as it's on the 50d
21mp's gets close to the 1dsmkIII so i'd be very surprised if it does indeed have that much but a new 1ds could be around the corner. It won't be gripped as it will pretty much be a 1ds then...

now... I have a feeling canon my actually merge the 1ds and the 5d into a single product and then release a shitty FF camera which will keep the 7d rumours alive. which will effectively be the 50d in a ff version.