Wide Angle Trial VSCC Sprint
#1
Posted 31 May 2009 - 09:28 PM
went to try out the new Tamron 11-18mm wide angle lens today and ended up at curborough sprint circuit near lichfield for a VSCC sprint event. The VSCC is the Vintage Sports Car Club. There was some very interesting machinery there and it was good to see them being used as they were originally intended and not tucked up in a museum
Haven't had too long to sort through but here are some initial pictures from the wide angle lens. They are far from perfect, but I'm pretty pleased with the results. It's probably not the best lens for taking static shots of vehicles really(although I like how some of them have turned out), but it was fun seeing how close I could get to some of them and still fit the whole thing in
I've tried a couple of HDR shots too.
Most of these haven't been cropped at all. I'll post more during the week if anyone is interested in seeing them in action etc.
By the way, that first car is an absolute Monster.........based around a 1929 8 litre Bentley but with a 24 litre Napier sea lion W12 engine fitted producing around 550 BHP (apparently). Yes, you read that right - 24 litre
#2
Posted 31 May 2009 - 09:31 PM
Warrington & District Motor Club
#3
Posted 31 May 2009 - 09:36 PM
By the way, that first car is an absolute Monster.........based around a 1929 8 litre Bentley but with a 24 litre Napier sea lion W12 engine fitted producing around 550 BHP (apparently). Yes, you read that right - 24 litre.
One of the Goodwood revivals that i marshalled at, had this car there out racing.
It was the only car in our paddock that we never had to ask people to stand aside for - it was LOUD
Great pictures Paul.
This post has been edited by pumapilot: 31 May 2009 - 09:37 PM
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#4
Posted 31 May 2009 - 09:45 PM
Thats where Jessie's dad blew his engine up
You have however got sensor dust. Big spec, middle top segment
#5
Posted 31 May 2009 - 09:49 PM
it was interesting seeing him trying to get that big bentley off the line. Lots of tyre smoke
quite a few of the cars were surprisingly quick too
yep, noticed that on quite a few of the pictures as I've been looking through them. I'll have to get some cleaning stuff sorted out and fix it, unless the camera's own sensor clean function can sort it.
#6
Posted 31 May 2009 - 09:50 PM
Interesting trying to keep it on the black stuff around Goodwood circuit by all accounts too.
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#7
Posted 31 May 2009 - 09:50 PM
Arctic Butterfly is what you need - statically charged fibres attract the dust from the sensor when in cleaning mode.
#8
Posted 31 May 2009 - 10:07 PM
Arctic Butterfly is what you need - statically charged fibres attract the dust from the sensor when in cleaning mode.
the more recent Canons have automatic sensor cleaning, but even then mine does not alway shift the dust
having used both wet and dry sensor cleaning systems I would concur with Matt - since I got my Arctic Butterfly (dry cleaning) I have not touched the wet system
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#9
Posted 31 May 2009 - 10:10 PM
I'll try the sensor cleaning mode on the camera in the mean time. even though in the best case it will just move the dust to somewhere else, I suppose it's OK for a short term fix
#10
Posted 31 May 2009 - 10:48 PM
Always nice to see another sony users pics,gives me something to work on with mine and build my lens collection up.
Out of interest what setting did you shot from on your sony?
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#11
Posted 31 May 2009 - 11:42 PM
For these static shots I was using the camera in apperture priority mode (A on the dial) and shooting at around f/6.3, although I think for the HDR pictures I shot using f/8 or f/10. I used the apperture priority as for the multiple shots to do the HDR images it's best to keep the depth of field the same. I also set the exposure compensation to around +0.7 as this new lens seems to underexpose a bit as standard.
hope that helps. If you have any more questions, feel free to ask.
#12
Posted 01 June 2009 - 08:48 AM
Last week I was abroad in very bright sunlight and the contrast between the sunny/lit areas and the dark shadows meant that I was losing a lot of detail. I often overexposed to get some detail in the shadows at the expense of detail in the brighter areas. Could it be you were experiencing the same thing? (I then spoiled some pics because I forgot to take off the exposure compensation when I changed location - d'oh!)
When Matt comes along again he will perhaps have an explanation.
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#13
Posted 01 June 2009 - 08:59 AM
I found my big lens for shooting the action was overexposing a bit and losing some detail in the brighter areas, but the wide angle was definitely under exposing. In a lot of the user reviews I read online about the lens before I got it, that was one of the common comments.
I took a few quick test shots when I was at my parents the day before when it wasn't quite such a harsh bright sunlight, and it was doing the same there too.
It's only a minor issue though and easy enough to compensate for.
#14
Posted 01 June 2009 - 09:40 AM
That said, In that situation, and given its wide angle, therefore you have the ability to shoot fast speed, I would do a 3 image bracket, handheld, set aperture, with the upper and lower limits being the maximum you can go for, the middle shot set at one exposure lower than object reading, the with lowest speed no lower than 1/60 and then HDR it.
Using meter settings for median or full sensor on a wide angle lens in bright sunlight can give very unpredictable results. Hence suggestion for spot meter.
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#15
Posted 01 June 2009 - 10:31 AM
I did do an auto bracket triple shot for a lot of the things I shot, but the downside of trying to do an HDR image in that situation is people moving around in the background. I thought I'd managed to get some of them without too many people in the background but then looked through them at home and found they weren't as good as I thought, unless i can easily clone out the people who will probably end up like ghost images if I try to do HDR images from the pictuers.
#16
Posted 01 June 2009 - 10:36 AM
Have a look at autopano.
Whilst it is designed for panoramic work, it can also be used for HDR stuff where ghosting is a real issue
http://www.autopano.net/en/
#17
Posted 01 June 2009 - 11:37 AM