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Since last year, I have learned a little about how to take Motor Racing photos, following some of the advice given here. Below are a few photos taken from the 2013 Donington Historic Festival. I...

Thanks for all the replies.I went out and bought a 50mm 1.8 as a stopgap so that if the 17-85mm gave up the ghost I could still take some pictures.In the end I have taken a few thousand pictures...

Again, thanks Yogi.As an interim measure, I went out today and bought a Canon 50mm F1.8 MkII, which at 90quid is regarded as a 'throw away' lens, albeit one with respected qualities.Assuming my ERR...

Thanks Yogi, that's incredible, but sadly I am too clumsy to do all that dismantling, and my eye sight is too poor to tackle small screws. But many thanks.

It has only happened, so far (fingers crossed, etc) with the 17:85mm IS, and only at 400 ISO.The EOS 500D is about 28months old, but the 17:85mm is about 4years old. --Passionate about cars and...

My 28 month old EOS 500D has started giving me ERR 01 - poor communication between lens and camera messages.I went to Goodwood Festival of Speed and shot almost 1000 shots at ISO 200 with the...

StuartSorry about the picture.I thought it important to attach the original images unaltered in anyway so that the full information was available to those that might be interested.If there is a way...

Thanks for some of the advice given on here.I give below some photos I shot at Goodwood Festival of Speed.I hope you guys will agree that these are better (???), but there's still room for...

I found a solution for my EOS 300D when I bought the EOS 500D. I lent it to my neighbour and nearly 3 years later he hasn't given it back !I got more than 40,000 shots on it before I let him use...

Thanks --Passionate about cars and lovely places, and trying in vain to use a creative eye and a carefully set up camera to capture both. ( http://photos.redsimon.info , ...

Thanks --Passionate about cars and lovely places, and trying in vain to use a creative eye and a carefully set up camera to capture both. ( http://photos.redsimon.info , ...

That's brilliant. Exactly what I am looking for. And you've given me a good recipe that I will try.I did get confused in my previous messages, talking about AF1 and AF2, but of course I did mean...

Thanks GuysYes I can see that NOTHING is really in focus, and that everything is EQUALLY so. That tells me I done it wrong. Although I am not worried about whether the background is blurred or...

Thanks for your reply, I am now attaching some example shots, all full-size and straight from the camera. There are worse shots, but I deleted them, and when it got even worse I stopped...

I shot some racing at Donington Park recently, and the shots are disappointing (see below)The shots were panned, so I don't want to pre-focus on one piece of road. In one sequence I got 8 shots of...