Very Late BTCC Brands Hatch

[dunganick]

I mentioned completely forgot to post up my BTCC Brands stuff, again trying to do some weird stuff i've not seen done before. Its also my local circuit, so i get bored of doing the same old shots.

No wideangle stuff unfortunately, 10-22 and 50d stayed inside all day, saw 4 50d's breakdown during the day! (it was pretty damp as you can probably see)

As always i appreciate your thoughts and feedback.

1. A man with no luck

2. A man with mixed fortunes

3. I wonder which day this was taken on?

4. Beetle

5. Waiting for the off

6. The grandstands were packed....

7. The racing at the back of the field was close

8. Slightly like a broken record here..

9. This short fella seemed quite pleased about the whole thing

10. Yet another crowd/pan

11. Token Clio shot

 

[Andy.]

They are all perfect. Do you have any waterproofing on your lens/ camera or do you just trust the weather sealing?

 

[Feirny]

You have so much talent, awesome shots as per usual.

 

[dunganick]

Cheers Andy + Feirny,

Had one of those disposable plastic covers on it, but after 5 mins the things are full of condensation and water. But i don't *touches wood* shoot in the rain that often that i can justify a nice Thinktank cover etc..

Biggest pain, was not being able to add or remove the TC for whole races.

To be honest i would probably trust the weather sealing on the camera. I've had my 40d out in worse at BTCC Donington, and that was fine. But its not worth the risk of loosing a camera for a day.

 

[Omid]

Great shots!!

50D breaking down!? Ooh interesting! What do you use?

 

[dunganick]

Yup, saw 4 very sick 50d's (i know 1 of them was wearing a cover constantly, but still died), there seems to be a weather sealing issue with them (although they are not weather sealed anyway, you would still expect some level of protection)

I shoot a 50d and 1d3, I didnt really need the 50d so didnt risk taking it out for most of the day. Its only really used for wideangle stuff now as i cant use the 10-22 on the 1d.

 

[Omid]

I have just got the 10-22mm for my crop. Are you not better using a 17-40mm on your full frame? I think the 50D is only sealed on the CF cover and the Battery lid.

Hesitating on the 7D too after alot of horror stories :S

I think its about time Canon started to do some work on their line up Would love a 7D Mark 2!!

 

[dunganick]

Yeh, 17-40 is probably on the shopping list. Also trying to upgrade the 100-300 f4 to a 300 2.8 of some sort, but as yet not managed.

Truthfully the 50d does a cracking job with the 10-22, so i'm not too bothered about upgrading currently. If i was doing low light work or using the lens as a main lens then maybe it would be worth it.

With regards to the 7d, im unsure what to think. What i see Jungle Jim produce with his, impresses me alot. But some of the high iso crops i've seen have been typical 1.6 crop high density sensor rubbish. The 50d crops @ high iso are truly dreadful.

 

[Ribena]

fantastic, as usual!

 

[dunganick]

Cheers Ribena, much appreciated

 

[rory182]

cracking work