Rich said:
Going for a 300mm prime next after today, with the 1.4 extender will be 420mm, plus the 1.6 factor of the body - 672 mm!!!!
Dave182 borrowed and had 50-500mm Sigma today!
I did some full car shots of the petrol blue but the sun was so low the came out pants.
length was amazing although had a few issues.
the lens is way too heavy, has given me some real aching on my shoulder and arm!
Because of its size and weight, the motor for the autofocus has problems and needs to be 'helped' along sometimes, this is frustrating at it always happens at the wrong time when you need to take a quick shot.
Has a few marks on it which show up when really zooming in.
Camera body, s2 Pro, supposed to be an amazing SLR but its a bit of a pain, not easy to use, definitely not the best induction to it to have to learn in an F1 pit where speed is of the essence!!!!
Has a problem of not taking a pic even when in focus sometimes, very frustrating when you have the perfect shot and just can't take the pic as it won't let you, this happened so many times to me!!!!
Also eats batteries, so both days ran out of battery way before I wanted to finish shooting, meant i didn't get the shots i wanted.
All in all I got some pretty decent shots but nowhere near what i actually wanted, should have had the 350D with me in the pits as its much easier to use in a quick situation, very fast camera, but then i obviosuly wouldn't have got the depth of field shots i wanted so i guess you can't have it all.
So not the most successful weekend of shooting, shame really as i doubt i will ever get the chance to go in the pit garage again like i did but i got enough decent shots to be happy and to make it all worth while carrying that monster around!!!
