an unedited day at the track, quads

Hello everyone, I just got done uploading a BUNCH of pics from my first trip to a quad track. The ones I'm posting are just a random few, and are unedited.

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some nice positioning but none are tact sharp, what were you shooting with?

i was shooting with a Nikon D50 with the kit lens. I believe its a mixture of the poor glass quality, and the extreme amount of dust in the air that made these blurry.

got ya, yea i was going to ask about the dust as I know when I am racing my yfz450 its near impossible to get a day where dust isn't an issue...

the dust was horrible, frankly. the track was poorly groomed and the dry conditions just made the whole complex a dust bowl...Im gonna start going to better tracks soon.

which track was this, I raced in Dist 34 for about 5 years up until this past year...

this track was called chadsworth, in New Jersey, and I'm gonna start taking the ride out to ATCO with a buddy of mine whose starting to race this year.

Personally I don't like any of them... no offense though Some of them have some potential though, but... First of all, crop much much tighter. Second, they are all at least a bit (most of them are a lot) underexposed. That's perfect sample why I shoot manual, and not in some program mode (cameras are just not smart enough, especially for something like this). And third, most of them are way too soft. For some, quick USM would solve this, others are just way too soft to be usable.

thanks for the tips, and yeah, their all a bit soft/blurry/underexp.

You might tighten them up a bit. dust is a ****, we shoot horse events.

Can't comment on the Nikon, for obvious resaons.

A number of these are backfocused. Not blurry, but the camera was not focusing on the subject - making the subject oof.

They all look like they are out of focus. I understand that they are straight off the camera, but oof problems won't be fixed.

You need a camera that can focus faster in ai servo mode or adjust technique. I would also suggest a polarizer and shooting with the sun at your back.

yeah, i find the camera's auto focus was sub-par with the dust, and lighting conditions, and the kit lens would un-focus itself with as little as a gust of wind.

if anyone could suggest a camera that would serve me well in sports as well as portraiture photography, it would be greatly appreciated.

I don't know why, but I was expecting sprinters/runners with muscular legs...