First rally ......... aaarrrrgggghhhh

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Ok, where to start.

I went out yesturday to a local rally, first time out with the camera, a stood snapping away for hours. I was really happy with my ability to pan and keep up with the speed of the cars.

Problems started when I looked at the photos on the pc this evening. All of them are blurry, take a look

http://www.flickr.com/photos/49213992@N05/sets/72157623716315483/

I was using a Canon 20D with a Sigma 70-300 DG lens, I didnt know what setting to put it to so just used the default sport setting (probably wrong now in hindsight). I have included a picture of a car parked near by and the icecream van as it was driving into the park.

These photographs are straight of the camera, I haven't edited any of them.

Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks
 
Are looking at your exif data the only issue with the photos is that they're out of focus.. Could down to the lens being quite slow or just use error(in correct AF more), Setting the 20D to sports mode if i remember correctly should give you the AI SERVO mode meaning the autofocus would track the vehicle..

All I can say is keep trying and you'll get it :)
 
what focus mode were you in? the EXIF looks okay settings wise.. im thinking you had it on one shot maybe and the focus was locking while the car was further away?

edit - although saying that the static ice-cream van is blurry too.. im assuming youre hand holding? and the lens focuses okay mounted on a tripod?
 
I agree with the others - it can only be your focus, rather than any other settings (ISO 400, 1/1600 should capture a static ice cream van sharply in any kind of daylight!). Your shutter speed is far too fast for hand-holding to be much of a worry.

Did you have the lens set to manual focus and the body set to auto focus or something like that?
 
Thanks guys

The lens was on autofocus, and the camera on sport mode. Yes I did have it one one shot mode.

I suppose I'll just keep trying ad it will come good eventually :thinking:

Thanks again
 
are you holding the focus point on the subject while the button is half pressed ? half press allows the focus system first the time to aquire a focus lock, and then track a moving object when it is in AI Servo mode

or are you going straight to full press?
 
Thanks, I dont know what I was at :)

I remember starting to change settings at one stage, and looking through my photos last night I did see the first shots were considerably beter. I have posted these here
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?p=2551636#post2551636

I can see the difference in the focusing when looking at them compared to the ones above

Thanks again, I'll just keep plugging away and hopefully it will come good :)
 
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