Being a landscape and portrait shooter I yesterday had the opportunity to try something new: Motocross racing.
There was the German Amateur Champtionships which a fellow friendly Pentaxian invited us to.
Some years ago I had initial contact at a show event for about 2 hours, but other than that no experience at all, so I didn't know what to expect or do.
I took the DFA 24-70 and DFA 150-450 with the K-1 and hopped into my car.
It turned out a very fun event (if loud and smelly
) and the unpredictable weather helped with good light.
Some teasers here:
The full set of 77 images here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/karlknipser/albums/72157671779363062
It was a great opportunity to learn and try things out. And I love learning new things.
I did very soon switch the camera from DNG to JPG L* to use the "unlimited buffer" experience, so images shown mostly are JPG ooC just cropped and added a vignette in LR.
I am very pleased with how the JPGs came out.
Same with both lenses: The user experience is really joyful and their AF drive speed was very good, better than the Sigma 70-200 which used to be the fasted option. And precision was better even.
I guess I will go to another race when time allows.