It was a wet/dry day of F1 practise in both sessions. Here are my favourite shots. The panning shots are shot with a Nikon D3x with a 28-300mm lens and the other shots are with a Nikon D4 and a 400mm.
First impressions of the Nikon D4 for sports is that the Auto Focus behaves differently to the D3s/D3. The AF tracking seems to be more sensitive to the initial focus point. If you get that wrong then the burst will be out. I’ll try to post a sequence showing this separately. In the mean time, you can see more practise day shots here:
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F1 Practise – favourite shots – Nikon D4 First Images
High ISO D4 images
Had a chance to shoot this morning from the top of the Rialto tower. These were shot through a window with the 28-300mm lens at ISO between 6400 and 1600 with some Lightroom post processing. More photos here.
and a car shot for good measure:
The secret interior of Albert Park Grand Prix
I posted this last year but as its F1 week, here it is again. A 3 minute video of driving through the internal roads of the GP circuit into the media car park, and then leaving the circuit at the Albert Park Grand Prix:
Nikon D4 arrives
Arrived in the nick of time for shooting the F1 Grand Prix in this weekend. Stay tuned for sample images. The NPS wrapping was a nice touch as was having your name on the box! Another nice surprise was Nikon putting in a 16GB XQD card and reader. Here’s a plug for the good folks at Kirk’s Cameras in Ringwood. See Paul if you’re after one.
Formula 1 – 2012 season
It’s F1 week and Sunday saw the arrival of the first cars. You can follow my week in photos here:
