It's all in the launch and the gearing...

 

oddly, when i went from the 4.10s to the 4.56s, i gained more in the mid range than anywhere...my short times were 1.69-1.74 on average with the 4.10s and with the 4.56s, i only got down to around 1.66...i went from 12.60s to 12.40s...but my traps stayed around 104-105, although it will get up into the 106 range from time to time..

when a friend of mine asked why i was able to launch my built auto and his manual better than he can, i told him to always launch like youre trying to break it....

 

Canon 5D with a canon 200mm 2.8L prime(means non-zooming for those that don't know)lens. 200mm was just about perfect to fill the frame with one car from the bottom of the stands. I was shooting at f8 with a shutter speed around 1/160-1/250th of a second.

I do a lot of nature photography which is why I have such expensive equipment.

The light was crappy all day to by the way. The sun came out for about 5 seconds.

 

interesting..i take a ton of pictures for work...and ive been using a cheaper nikon..it gets decent pictures, but they arent professional grade. im thinking about going to a more expensive camera in the near future...within a year or so...i have alot of studying to do before i make my purchase.

those shots are really nice...

 

You can't beat the larger ccd sensors in the digital slrs, be it canon, nikon, sony, etc. All will give superior results to the fixed lens/small sensor digitals. The downside to a larger sensor is they require a larger lens and larger lenses are more expensive. The lens I used for those pictures cost $600 and it doesn't even zoom! A similar lens that zooms from 70-200mm with the same f2.8 aperture would cost $1100-$1300. Zooms are more complicated, generally with more glass elements which means more expensive. A prime lens will give a sharper image, however with most quality zoomlenses the difference is minimal.

Here's a full size image from the 5D+200mm f2.8L.

http://www.pbase.com/image/74260249

It's hard trying to get a sharp image of the car while shooting at a shutter speed slow enough to give a nice motion blur to the wheels and background, especially when handholding the camera. You really need a tripod and a shutter speed of 1/125th.

 

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