F 1 how to shoot the car?

Sports photography itself has high requirements for equipment, and F 1 is the top in motor racing, so the requirements for equipment are not low. As an ordinary car fan, if you want to take satisfactory photos, you'd better meet the following requirements: the fuselage is high-speed continuous shooting -F 1 which is extremely fast, and your favorite driver is in front. If it's a corner, you only have two or three seconds to take pictures. If it's a straight road, your chance is only a few hundred milliseconds. Here, "blinking" is an objective description, not an exaggerated rhetorical device. The writing speed of the memory card-starting from 6 frames per second is necessary, especially for RAW format files, each photo starts from 30M, so prepare a high-performance SD card telephoto lens-the track is very large, the audience is far away from the car, and the telephoto can shoot the whole F 1 to make up your picture. In street races like Monaco, Singapore and Baku, this requirement can be lowered a little. Large aperture lens-filter out the barbed wire fence, especially the street race in Singapore, otherwise the photos will not be seen. Monopod-one is to stabilize your shooting, and the other is to help you hold the camera. After all, the next three days, three practice matches, a qualifying match and a race are all very physical tests. Flexible waist. -You know what?

Second, the shooting position

Compared with the full-time photographer in the paddock, ordinary fans can only shoot in a fixed position. If they take tickets, they can take different positions, but the seats are much lower. Ordinary fans mainly have three positions to choose from: the end of the straight right in front of the car has the smallest shooting difficulty coefficient, but they need a telephoto lens, narrow the aperture and turn on the high-speed continuous shooting, which has a high success rate. The difficulty coefficient is the smallest. Corner-the speed is relatively low, the success rate of taking satisfactory photos is high, and the difficulty coefficient is high. Straight-speed is extremely high, and the photo with blurred background but clear racing car can be taken by using the focus chasing technology, which is extremely expressive. However, there are extremely high technical requirements, and the shooting difficulty coefficient at this position is the highest.

Third, shooting skills

The objective equipment requirements and site restrictions are mentioned above, and what I want to talk about here is subjective things-skills or technology. Shooting skills-make F 1 dynamic. The focus chasing technique is the most important, so we must practice it well. It doesn't matter if you haven't practiced at ordinary times. There are other events before the F 1 competition, so it is obvious to take these play-offs to temporarily polish your focus-chasing skills. Camera Settings-Set your camera to Shutter Priority mode. Slow down the shutter when focusing. My skills are limited. The slowest focus is 1/30s. In addition, remember to turn off anti-shake. This is also said in another answer. If you want to take instant photos, set the shutter to11000-1/4000, and only use the mechanical shutter.