Can't imagine controlling them given the speed potential. Electrics are hard enough.
Where is the track Paul? Nice captures. -----Original Message----- >From: Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> >Sent: Aug 29, 2016 5:29 PM >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >Subject: GESO: Radio Control Scale Auto Racing > >Shot an on-roadl radio control scale auto race for fuel burning cars >yesterday. Mostly just to provide some pics for my old pals, but also for the >practice it provides. It’s far more difficult than shooting real motorsports, >as the cars are incredibly fast and not very big. The fastest, the 1/8th scale >cars, are about 15 inches long and can accelerate to 60 in 2 seconds from a >standing start. They top out at about 80 mph at the end of the straightaway. I >shot most of it at a 1/8000th shutter speed and concentrated on getting >something in frame and focused. I used continuous autofocus and it worked when >I framed the shots right. I tried a couple of slower shutter pans and >partially succeeded on one, although it’s not critically sharp. Hard to be >smooth, moving the camera that fast. Lots of fun in any case. A gallery is >here: >http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=1093049 >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow >the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
