Title: On being married to a God!
Post by: Mr Termite on April 04, 2007, 11:10:32 am
As this is definitely termietermite's show, you won't hear much from me, but I thought I ought to take a bow at least, having met several of you guys and gals @ LM '06, the Classic '06 and even - pinching myself here - Sebring '07, tornado and all! I think I also took the snap that has become termie's avatar - at about 7.40 on raceday 2002! Friend Richard and I - he now has a 996GT3 - had to blag our way into the Members' Grandstand to get the shot at all!
It's a lovely day here in the Sarthe, although the wind is a bit pernicious. Only sad thing is the horrid news about Tomas Enge after St Petersburg - not holding my breath for seeing his irrepressible grin at LM '07.
It's a lovely day here in the Sarthe, although the wind is a bit pernicious. Only sad thing is the horrid news about Tomas Enge after St Petersburg - not holding my breath for seeing his irrepressible grin at LM '07.
Title: Re: On being married to a God!
Post by: Steve Pyro on April 04, 2007, 12:37:56 pm
Welcome Ian.
Hope you've now finally dried out after Sebring.
Hope you've now finally dried out after Sebring.
Title: Re: On being married to a God!
Post by: Bob U on April 04, 2007, 12:40:53 pm
Welcome Ian.
Hope you've now finally dried out after Sebring.
Hope you've now finally dried out after Sebring.
Liver or clothing?
Oh, and welcome Ian
Title: Re: On being married to a God!
Post by: LangTall on April 04, 2007, 01:00:21 pm
Both I guess. ;D
welcome Ian!
welcome Ian!
Title: Re: On being married to a God!
Post by: termietermite on April 04, 2007, 04:56:17 pm
'Ere, instead of lounging around on these fora, mate, how about putting a few shelves up?
Title: Re: On being married to a God!
Post by: Mr Termite on April 04, 2007, 07:03:22 pm
Cor, call the wife a God and she gets ideas above her station! Retirement can be tough!
On another matter, I think I noted Steve Brown sporting the new Nikon 70-300 VR lens at Sebring. While it has been well-reviewed in the e-press, no comments to date on its effectiveness in our fave sport, but, as it's almost affordable for some, Steve - can you offer any views on the results you obtained, please?
On another matter, I think I noted Steve Brown sporting the new Nikon 70-300 VR lens at Sebring. While it has been well-reviewed in the e-press, no comments to date on its effectiveness in our fave sport, but, as it's almost affordable for some, Steve - can you offer any views on the results you obtained, please?
Title: Re: On being married to a God!
Post by: Steve Pyro on April 04, 2007, 07:23:00 pm
On another matter, I think I noted Steve Brown sporting the new Nikon 70-300 VR lens at Sebring. While it has been well-reviewed in the e-press, no comments to date on its effectiveness in our fave sport, but, as it's almost affordable for some, Steve - can you offer any views on the results you obtained, please?
Ian,
Sebring was my first outing with the 70-300 VR AF-S. It's reasonably light and very fast focusing (SWM). On my D50, I found it to be neutrally balanced, even at 300mm - definately didn't need a monopod or had aching shoulders.
I used continuous autofocus mode and varied from 1/1000 to 1/500 for the majority of the shots, using the VR on in normal mode, allowing panning.
For some of the evening brake glow shots I upped the ISO a bit, but still managed acceptable shots - maybe the VR helped here.
Although it's max aperture is 4.5/5.6 and mainly using ISO 400, I think the images I ended up with are pretty good.
In all, for £350 (I've seen it at £327 now) I think it's good value, having the reach of 300mm was definately a bonus but I didn't feel I suffered due to the f4.5/5.6 (against f2.8 of the 'out of my budget' 70-200 VR AF-S).
I've posted some of my Sebring and Gainesville shots on this forum. Eventually, I'll upload them all to Webshots.
Sebring http://www.clubarnage.com/forum/index.php?topic=6826.0 (http://www.clubarnage.com/forum/index.php?topic=6826.0)
Gainesville http://www.clubarnage.com/forum/index.php?topic=6822.0 (http://www.clubarnage.com/forum/index.php?topic=6822.0)
Title: Re: On being married to a God!
Post by: Mr Termite on April 04, 2007, 07:39:28 pm
Thanks Steve - that's really useful feedback. Pictures are top-notch, so - even allowing of course for the genius of the photographer! - the lens can't be too bad either! You have a really good eye for interesting detail, too.
Sorry if this stuff is boringly off-topic - I can't imagine going motor racing without taking a few snaps! 7 Nikons and counting......
Sorry if this stuff is boringly off-topic - I can't imagine going motor racing without taking a few snaps! 7 Nikons and counting......
