I shot my last professional motorsports race of the year this last weekend with my newly arrived X-T2 plus the power booster grip. By way of some background: I've shot professional motorsports for 13 years with professional accreditation, everything from CART, IRL, American LeMans, Rolex Prototypes, AMA and World Superbike and MotoGP, etc. I was one of the official track photographers for Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca for 6 years, and now shoot for Sonoma Raceway. This race is the ultimate round of the Indy Car Championship series held at Sonoma Raceway, Sept 16-18, 2016. Thought you'd like to see how things turned out. I shot from practice on Friday all the way through the race on Sunday with just the Fuji instead of my pro Canon 1D-series body. I came away with a much better understanding of the camera and it capabilities. I really stressed the AF system with it's ability to acquire, track and hold autofocus. This was a good test because these cars are going MUCH faster than cars on the street or sports cars on public roads. On the whole, I found the performance and image quality of the X-T2 to be VERY impressive. Welcome your comments, questions, etc.
Friday morning, first practice session, Bus Stop Chicane...Max Chilton
Sebastian Bourdais...
Tony Kanaan, notice he's cornering so hard that the inside front tire is completely off the ground...on a race car of this type, this is serious cornering force.
Will Power
Juan Pablo Montoya
Panning shots exiting Turn 10 as the cars are flat out going down to Turn 11...
Spencer Pigot
This is Turn 10, the fastest corner on the track, the cars are close to flat out through here and going VERY fast...
Tony Kanaan
Alex Rossie
Panning shot of Helio Castroneves going up into Turn 2 during practice #2
Will Power
Ryan Hunter-Reay apexing Turn 2
Graham Rahal smokin' through the last straight to Turn 11....
Qualifying
Ryan Hunter-Reay completely over the kerbing and "flat" through the Bus Stop during last qualifying session
Joseph Newgarden
This image of Simon Pagenaud was used by the Media Directors for the Qualifying Press Release...pretty cool!
Some GT car racing...the Realtime Acura coming down out of the esses into the Bus Stop
Helio Castroneves during Sunday morning warmup entering coming out of the esses towards the Bus Stop Chicane...