This day. All the way, I went to a place like this.
Nothing ... The place I visit for the first time. so. There.
Tsukuba Circuit! Oh oh. Here is. I've seen other people go on blogs, but this is my first visit. A little touching. This is Tsukuba Circuit. Even though it was a weekday, there were many different cars! It's a great world ~.
What did you come to the Tsukuba circuit ... but actually. There is talk of what to do with buying this, but I have increased the number of the fourth car. As a wife, I don't know where to stay because there is no one in my house who controls "what should I do if I buy so much!". Mazui ... (laughs).
So, this day I came to drive the first circuit with the newly purchased circuit car.
I don't drive, so I think it's a good idea to just visit, so I'm from this place ...
I brought out my hobby camera, which I had been biting for a while, and decided to take on the challenge of "shooting a running car" for the first time!
The equipment is my beloved EOS 5D Mark III. I usually like single focus and pancake lenses, and I wear them all the time, but this time I decided to try "follow shot" on the circuit, so my husband bought it a long time ago. It is equipped with a 300mm telephoto lens. I don't usually use it, so I'm not used to it! In the first place, I've only been shooting smartphones lately, so I don't remember bringing out a single-lens reflex camera for the first time in a while ...
Of course, my husband's new car (used (laughs)) is the subject of photography.
For my husband to enjoy on the circuit. It would be a problem if I could drive on the circuit with my Porsche (laughs), so Nissan purchased the Fairlady Z "Z34" as a dedicated car for circuit driving! About 9 years thing? It is used. But it's shiny, it's in very good condition, and it's bright yellow and flashy, so it's really cute!
Now, we have four cars in our house, "BMW 650i", "Porsche 911", "Ferrari California T" and "Nissan Fairlady Z".
Furthermore, since it is a manual car, it is great to be able to enjoy manual driving here. Too much fun! !! !! I thought it was only for the circuit, but manual driving is so much fun, and it's a cute car, so I'm likely to use it a little bit.
Alright. So. It's the first "follow shot" of a car in my life, but anyway, the sunny weather is under the scorching sun, and it's so dazzling that I can't even judge whether the scenery seen through the lens is in focus or not. The weather.
I checked the photos I took, but it was so dazzling that I couldn't even tell if the images from the small camera were in focus ... but I'm satisfied (for me) enough for my first shot. I think it's finished.
This is still a little sweet, but Mr. Z at home.
I wonder how long it is best to take a panning shot. Is the scenery behind you flowing too fast? ?? I wonder if it should be like this ...
All shutter speed priority (TV) is set and manual focus is applied. When taking a panning shot, the shutter speed is about 1/60 and the ISO is auto. I don't know what's right, but for the time being, I took it this time.
When I was doing my best to shoot under the scorching sun, my husband's car suddenly stopped! !! While thinking, "What? Shooting point? Because it stops, you should focus properly and shoot?" (← lie (laughs)), but for the time being, I took a picture because it stopped. How easy it is to take a picture of a stopped car (laughs).
Hmmm, and Mr. Z, cute!
As a matter of fact, I was still in the middle of tuning (← I can't understand the story around here at all ...), and I came to the circuit, so I was worried that I might have stopped due to some problem. But….
How. I ran with only half of the gasoline in it, so when the car shook, I recognized that the car was out of gas and stalled! !! !! Hey, there is such a thing.
After that, when I talked to the service person, he said that it may not be possible to use half of the gasoline, so please fill it up before driving.
I'm surprised. This time, I was talking about putting in gasoline before arriving, but I was running out of time to get to the circuit, so I decided, "Well, no. I'm half full, so I'll go with this." However, in such a place, that judgment backfires in this way. No, I suddenly disturbed everyone's driving. Excuse me….
Speaking of surprise, I was surprised that a service in Tokyo knew that my car had stopped on the network of people on the circuit, and called me a few minutes later. Great network! I even thought, "Where were you watching ?!" (laughs).
further. What surprised me was that when I finished the run and talked to other people and thought about going home ... I happened to meet someone I met in Minkara (laughs). Amazing! There is such a coincidence. It was an encounter at the Tsukuba circuit. I was a little impressed!
Everyone, I've been running since weekdays and I'm enjoying my life! It made me feel like I had opened a world I had never known before. pleasant! !!
If it was true, I wish I could take a picture of the car of Minkara who was driving after that, but I had an important task of picking up my child behind me, so I went home as it was. I would like to take a picture if I have the next opportunity.
So, I took pictures of cars other than my husband (those who were driving at the same time) for shooting practice, so I would like to post some.
No, it's really difficult for me to just focus manually on a running car, but the glare under the scorching sun (I can't see anything! & It's too hot) is a really harsh environment. did.
Even so, was it the beginner's luck that was able to shoot with the car in focus?
From now on, when my husband is driving on the circuit, when I can go with him, I would like to bring my camera again and practice.
Now, I'm glad I grabbed my camera a little, I thought again! I would be happy if I could leave a nice photo of Mr. Z's new circuit at my house.
Somehow, various things are so much fun that it's great! (↓ This is practice without much flow. Shutter speed 1/1000). Comparing them in this way, it's more powerful to let them flow.
Cute Z, thank you for coming to our house! I can drive manually, which is really really great. pleasant! !! !! It seems that the future car life will be enriched again.
I'm Rika, the author of this article. Ever since Porsche 911 became my favorite car, I've become totally addicted to Porsche, and I can't stop loving Porsche, so I started this blog. My favorite cars are 911 Carrera (991.2), 911 Carrera Cabriolet (992.1), and 911 Carrera T (992.1).
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