Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/11/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Same thing for the 4x4 trials, just harder terrain ;-) My road legal 4x4 has fiddle brakes....... john > -----Original Message----- > > Thanks to everyone who guessed. John's high speed picture was close but > way-y-y too fast! > Have a look at these. > http://gallery.leica- > users.org/v/DouglasBray/Sport/Motorsport/2013/Gallows2013/ > > The explanation and comments on framing are below this extract. > > "Doug Herr" <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote > >>>> > > I agree... and even if it were possible to make the M frame lines 100% > > accurate at the focussed distance parallax would make the foreground > > and background and the spatial relationships between foreground, > > subject and background inaccurate. For 100% accuracy a minimum of TTL > > viewing is required. > >>>> > > I found that out on Saturday at a Sporting Trial (a mudplug) at Gallows > Hill in > Newcastle, Co. Wicklow. I hadn't been at one for forty years. I brought the > Fuji X100S rangefinder, and, on the positive side, was able stand right > beside > the cars as they attempted the sections. The idea of the trial is that the > car (a > very specialised machine with either a motorcycle or a VW beetle engine) > has > to try to get through each section which is marked on each side by > descending numbered pairs of poles without touching any of the poles or > rolling backwards. > > The numbers start at 10 and work downwards. If you touch the start poles > you score 10, and touch the last set of pole and it's 1. Clear the lot and > you > don't score anything. The winner has the lowest score over all the varying > sets of sections. Time is not a factor, speed is relative, never exceeds > 10 to 15 > miles an hour, and no wears a helmet. > > The cars are unusual in that they often have three separate braking > systems - > one for the front wheels, one for the left rear, and one for the right > rear. > Driver fitness is not an issue and sometimes driver fatness can be a > positive > for traction. Finesse, precision, anticipation, and neatness are > everything. > > The problem for me was that I was so close, bits of the picture I'd framed > in > the rangefinder were missed. I'll use my Nikon the next time despite its > weight. > > Douglas > >