R/C cars, second day with 30d.

Let me know what you think...I've never shot or owned a serious r/c car.

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What lens are you using. I am going to assume the kit lens. In which case you did a great job of getting the little buggers even close to focused.

Out of everything that moves mechanically these i would guess are some of the hardest to shoot considering how fast, small, and close they are.

Nice work and Keep at it !

Yeah, unfortunately it is the kit lens, I'll upgrade when I can afford it, whenever that is, they are extremely hard to shoot with a shutter long enough to keep motion blur on an off road track. Thanks for the compliment.

i guess i've never seen such. The kids i know race them on the street here in the neighborhood, but i didn't realize they had tracks for them!

Sweet!

nice, 1/8th scale buggies, I kinda miss these things. they were pretty fun,

ilovemycamera wrote in post #2651663
i guess i've never seen such. The kids i know race them on the street here in the neighborhood, but i didn't realize they had tracks for them!

Sweet!

Yeah, it's a surprisingly popular thing. They have meets in parking lots for the road cars and race events at a public park. I only stayed for 2 races about 3 minutes each.

Yeah they are a lot more popular then people realize. I have old RC10GT which is a nitro powered 2WD truck. I havent touched it in year though.

And what you are seeing are VERY different then what you see in the streets with the kids. The one photographed can reach speeds of 60+ mph and there tiny little .21cc motors are making 3+ HP. They are a blast to play with, its just that is can get VERY expensive very quick. Ironically their prices can be quite similar when compared to photography.

Yea, the fact that they can change speeds soooo fast makes them tricky to shoot. It's amazing how much of a beating they actually take.

That's a great job using the kit lens! I used a 70-200 f/4 for these & like it a lot. They are about $500 used.
Radio Controlled Boats

A walk by the river.

Yeah, that's what I'm saving for.

Fun day yesterday. Next time we go, I will carry my camera with me with a fully charged battery.

IBLinKYI wrote in post #2653623
Fun day yesterday. Next time we go, I will carry my camera with me with a fully charged battery.

HAHA yeah, deffinetly need to charge your battery next time.

ha nice buggy pics. they are hard to shoot cuz of the insane speed. some of them can hit their top speed in a matter of seconds! insanely fast want to save for one but other things come first........dang girlfriends

I've got a few of these, very expensive and adictive hobby (just like photography!)

i currently use a Tamron 70-300 lense while i'm saving for something a bit better

Because i'm more into the cars than the tracks i tend to zoom quite close to the cars and crop quite a lot to make the car fit into most of the picture, a few of my favorite pictures are here ( www.cgbnet.co.uk ) i'm in no way good at this but i'm getting better.

Love picture 4, i really struggle with the side-on shots

3, 4, 6, and 7 for me they look excellent!