Mount Panorama - Bathurst

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Hi,

Has anyone ever shot at Mount Panorama?
What length Lenses are recommended?

I have
11-16mm f2.8
16-85mm f3.5 - 5.6 (my travel lens)
35mm f1.8
50mm f1.8
70-200 f2.8
120-300mm f2.8
1.4x TC

Tempted to take the two longer reaching lenses plus the TC. Then have my 16-85mm travel lens which will be fine for static pit lane work and general snapping.

Any tips or thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
 
No-one on the forum has shot this circuit at all? Surprising!
 
I'd question whether you need both the 120-300mm f2.8 and the 70-200mm f2.8. There's a lot of overlap between those lenses. I'd be tempted to take the 16-85mm for wide angle stuff, super slow pans etc. The 120-300mm for usual motorsport stuff and then the 1.4TC for if you need a bit more reach. Then why not throw the 50mm f1.8 in for driver portraits etc. I love using my 50mm for pitlane work.
 
I'll play- love Bathurst and many years ago took my then GF on a long detour while on holiday just so we could do a couple of laps in our hire car (60kmh :-() and visit the museum.

Photographers guide here
https://www.thesupercarscollective.com/features/photography-tips-tricks-mt-panorama/

A trip round the circuit on the roof of the Google car would seem to show lots of raised spectator areas that would give a view over the fence.

Unless you have some type of pit or paddock access I wouldn't be bothering with anything too wide, but a look on Flickr shows some nice "view" shots as the view down from the mountain is rather nice.

https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=mount panorama, bathurst

Be sure to post some photos and let us know how you got on

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Depends what sort of shots your after, I've never been to mount panorama, but I would advise the 120-300mm with the 1.4x extender and the 16-85mm for any wide angle shots for the slow pans. Could also take the 50mm f1.8 for the pitlane pictures.
 
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