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I’m in the turn 4 stand with my wife, dad, bro, and his girlfriend. Looking forward to it!
Is there any kind of meet up going on, at the track or downtown??
I’ve been to Austin and it is a FUN town to go drinkin’!!When I was about 10 I was walking around Atlanta, GA with my dad and we saw a car that was just unbelievable to me. After seeing that car, I was instantly transformed into a car junkie and wanted to learn everything I could. I also would not stop talking about this car I saw. It was a Ferrari BB512 (mind you it was new at the time).
My dad said to me, if you like that car so much, you should see their race cars. He took me to Road Atlanta for a vintage Ferrari show and we started watching F1 together and never looked back.
Since then, Ferrari has held a special place for me, after all, they (with a lot of help from my dad) got me into F1. After learning about Enzo Ferrari and how he built the team/company by himself with such passion and determination, I have always leaned more to the individual/privateer teams too – Lotus (old), McLaren, Williams, Sauber more than the big constructors like Mercedes, Renault, Honda or the corporate teams like RedBull, Virgin, etc….
Pentax makes good cameras and lenses, but I’ve never heard of the KX. I personally like Canon and Nikon because they have more lens options and they’re easier to find, but I don’t know that it’s really a big issue.
You can use older lenses from film cameras too, which makes for cool effects. I have a Nikon lens from the late 70s (it doesn’t auto focus) but it produces great quality and cool effects. I have no idea how long pentax has been making SLRs, but it might be something to take into consideration.
Also, with the cheaper Nikons, the focus motor is not in the camera (it is on more expensive models), so what this means is you get a cheaper and lighter body, but if you want the lens to auto focus, you have to by DX lenses that have the motor in the lens, so you are a little bit more limited. You can use any Nikon SLR lens on the cheaper Nikon cameras (film, DX, non-DX), but only the DX will auto focus.
Choose your SLR body based on what lenses you want and how much you want to spend and how much versatility you want…..
In your posts you talk about F1 and motorsports shots. You need to things 1) a fast shutter speed, 1/3000, 1/4000, etc. the D3100 has 1/4000 (that means the shutter fires in four thousands of a second!) so a car going 200mph is clear and easy to see and 2) a decent zoom lens (300 or 400mm) to get the shot of a car that is far away without it looking far away….
Again, you can get a new, basic body that will do everything you want and spend a bit more on a great lens!
As far as the creativity goes, I say avoid photoshop until you’re an expert. what you need to do is learn the basic functions of a camera and learn how to shoot normal photos in any light setting (mastering light and how to control and manipulate it is mastering photography) using the manual settings. Then you can get creative by manipulating the settings for what you want.
I shoot film mostly, but I have a Nikon D40 dSLR, which was replaced by the D3000/D5000 and again by the recent D3100. I love it. It’s light, inexpensive and does more than I need it to. Spend you money on lenses. It has a lot to do with 1) your knowledge of the manual settings, and 2) your lenses. these things are far more important than megapixels.
This guy Ken Rockwell has great product breakdowns and reviews/recommendations. He knows what’s up! Here is his 2011 Recommended cameras: http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/recommended-cameras.htm
Here is his comment on the D3100.
“The D3100 is a great camera. I’d get a D3100 instead of other bigger, heavier and more expensive cameras unless you have a very clear, stated reason that the D3100 won’t work for you.”