Some Action Shots

[Mani]

I was out shooting few pictures of some bikes in action. Couple of car shots there as well. Link below for all the pictures. Enjoy...

http://s228.photobucket.com/albums/ee38/Ma...ibu%2009-21-08/

More of the Ferrari shots on page 5

[Pericles]

Nice subjects What happened to the 40D? There seems to be an AF issue when viewing these on larger sizes, like the AF locked onto the wrong target.

Edited September 22, 2008 by Pericles

[Mani]

I've been shooting with the Nikon for couple of weeks now. For action shots, it's not as good as the 40D. So far I'm disappointed in the Nikon's performance. I'm going to play with it a little more and see if I can get it to focus better on the subject that I'm shooting. Out of the 800 or so shots today, I could only salvage about 200.

[dillongt]

nice pictures machan....thanx...

[Ripper]

  Mani said:

I've been shooting with the Nikon for couple of weeks now. For action shots, it's not as good as the 40D. So far I'm disappointed in the Nikon's performance. I'm going to play with it a little more and see if I can get it to focus better on the subject that I'm shooting. Out of the 800 or so shots today, I could only salvage about 200.

thanks for the tip mate...was split between a 50d and a d300 after some heavy duty nikon brain washing by some pro snappers i know :)

now need to find a fella to carry it for me from US after buying the 50d off amazon

[Mean Green z28]

Awesome pics Mani

  Ripper said:

thanks for the tip mate...was split between a 50d and a d300 after some heavy duty nikon brain washing by some pro snappers i know :)

now need to find a fella to carry it for me from US after buying the 50d off amazon

Let me know if I can help out, I've got a bunch of friends and (my mother-in-law) coming to SL in December for a couple weddings.

[GihanFX]

Here are some Images i took 2 days ago, All in Auto Mode

[Mani]

Anyone here shoots with a Nikon D300? I'm getting mixed signals from people when I have them compare the D300 to 40D. While I agree the Nikon has a higher megapixel rate but how is it for actions shots?

[Pericles]

  Mani said:

Anyone here shoots with a Nikon D300? I'm getting mixed signals from people when I have them compare the D300 to 40D. While I agree the Nikon has a higher megapixel rate but how is it for actions shots?

I was reading somewhere that Nikon has a superior metering system hence uses less metering zones than Canon, but a weaker AF system, so to compensate in the marketing it has a 51 point AF to 40D's 9. Anyway, the lens will have a significant role to play too.

Personally, I'd check the 50D. New processor with more capability than the 40D. 15mpx. Should be available next month.

[Ripper]

  Mean Green z28 said:

Awesome pics Mani

Let me know if I can help out, I've got a bunch of friends and (my mother-in-law) coming to SL in December for a couple weddings.

wow...thanks mate was praying to all the gods i sorta knew about that i find a fella to carry one down for me since it's darn pricey in SL...and states is the cheapest...

flyinbiker at g mail dot com is my id

thanks again

[Ripper]

  Mani said:

I was out shooting few pictures of some bikes in action. Couple of car shots there as well. Link below for all the pictures. Enjoy...

http://s228.photobucket.com/albums/ee38/Ma...ibu%2009-21-08/

More of the Ferrari shots on page 5

man...some badass bikes there one fella is cornering pretty hard even with a pillion rider

was this like some sorta biker gathering?

[Mani]

  Ripper said:

man...some badass bikes there one fella is cornering pretty hard even with a pillion rider

was this like some sorta biker gathering?

Some guys go ball out on these canyons. You see at least 2-3 riders helicoptered to a hospital every weekend. There is at least one fatality a month in the canyons around LA. This is what it's like every weekend if the sun is out.

I got here sort of late, in the early afternoon. By then most of the sport bike riders are gone and all the cruisers on Harley Davidsons are out. I'm going back this Satuday & Sunday morning to catch the sport bike guys in action. Should be interesting.

[Mani]

  Pericles said:

I was reading somewhere that Nikon has a superior metering system hence uses less metering zones than Canon, but a weaker AF system, so to compensate in the marketing it has a 51 point AF to 40D's 9. Anyway, the lens will have a significant role to play too.

Personally, I'd check the 50D. New processor with more capability than the 40D. 15mpx. Should be available next month.

You're the fourth person who asked me to wait for the 50D . My bro has the D300. I'm going to hijack that for this weekend to see how that one shoot. It should fall between the 40 & 50D and should be a good comparison.

[Pericles]

I actually tried out a D80 with a 18-200VR lens over the weekend. I thought the focusing was a bit slow. But that might have been coz it was outside at night.

[Ripper]

  Mani said:

Some guys go ball out on these canyons. You see at least 2-3 riders helicoptered to a hospital every weekend. There is at least one fatality a month in the canyons around LA. This is what it's like every weekend if the sun is out.

I got here sort of late, in the early afternoon. By then most of the sport bike riders are gone and all the cruisers on Harley Davidsons are out. I'm going back this Satuday & Sunday morning to catch the sport bike guys in action. Should be interesting.

nice to see a few motards there too

nice windy roads for some good thrills as long as you keep ya arse on the saddle and not on the tarmac

[Mani]

  Pericles said:

I actually tried out a D80 with a 18-200VR lens over the weekend. I thought the focusing was a bit slow. But that might have been coz it was outside at night.

Preveen,

Your are correct in that the focusing is actually slower in comparison to the 40D. Especially if the object is moving toward the camera. On fast moving objects, you have to acquire the target well in advance and then follow it to your shutter point. The 40D will acquire the target much sooner and snap 2-3 frame burst by the time the Nikon hits one frame. I'm very anxious to see how the D300 performs. I played around with it inside the house for a little bit and it seems to acquire the target just as quickly as the 40D, even with low light and a zoom lens. I should have a better idea, this weekend, on the D300's performance in real life situations with fast moving objects.