Motorcycle Road Racing with the X-T1 and 50-140/2.8

[Puma Cat]

Here's some motorcycle road racing images from yesterday. X-T1 with 50-140/2.8 and 1.4X teleconverter. American Federation of Motorcyclists (aka AFM) club race at Sonoma Raceway, September 4, 2016, Sonoma, CA, USA. The "ole warhorse" X-T1 can still deliver the goods...

 

 

 

 

 

Local fast girl Joy Higa on her Suzuki GSXR1000

 

 

 

[binklewis]

wow - very nice !! Love the panning shots.  what type of shutter speed do you use for those if I may ask?  I'm guessing around 1/150 or slower? 

[Jürgen Heger]

Very nice, indeed. Did you use autofocus or manual zone focussing?

[GilBarib]

Very nice set, great panning !!!

[Puma Cat]

wow - very nice !! Love the panning shots.  what type of shutter speed do you use for those if I may ask?  I'm guessing around 1/150 or slower? 

 

My panning shots are generally at 1/250th of a second. 

[Puma Cat]

Very nice set, great panning !!!

Thank you. I've had 20+ years of experience doing racing panning shots...I've been an accredited motorsports photographer since 2003. 

[mvlow]

Very nicely done!  

[Tuftyhill]

Hi great shots. I've just bought this lens and not had much chance to try capturing fast moving subjects yet. Do you use AF-C and Zone Focusing? Do you have OIS on or off?

Regards Paul