Quote from ajp71 :

We have different views then, all I want is straight forward video of the rally and interviews and a bit of news from the service area. I don't need to see virtual spectator, diners, that head to head nonsense, huge pulsating stage names, or the general rubbishy 'technical' bits. They should put all those bits in a separate program IMO.

Yes, and THAT is what WRC:AAA is all about. The "rally reviews" in it are just a "bonus", so that people who don`t watch the "real" reviews are up to date with what`s going on.

Quote from ajp71 :

They used to run stages nearly that long on the Safari, to me the idea of not driving it is ridiculous, especially given the tiny distance they drive anyway now.

Then get used to it, rally has been like this since I can remember it. And I believe cars didn`t cost 500 000 pounds back then (not considering the fuel usage and other mechanical wear of other parts). These cars are not build for "slow" driving.

Comic Sans is illegal

Quote from ajp71 :

Based on actual time I saw rally cars on rally stages rather than irrelevant waffle.

I guess we saw different programme then. What I saw was called "WRC Access All Areas : Monte Carlo" and there was definitely atleast 20-30 minutes of rally action from the actual RMC.
You don`t define what is irrelevant or not, for me the actual "behind the scenes" are very interesting, as well as for many other REAL rally fans. Plus, this programme is not meant to be in-depth review of each WRC event. These are broadcasted on Eurosport as daily 25 minutes reviews + a ~50 minutes review of the whole weekend (perhaps also broadcasted on ITV?)

Quote from ajp71 :

No rallying is an endurance competition, it's been seriously dumbed down in recent years but for me the idea of cars being transported between stages is just too far.

You know they don`t transport the car between each stage? This was just between the Valence area and Monte-Carlo, roughly a 5 hours ride. Would be ridiculous to let the WRC travel that distance on it`s own wheels.

5 minutes? my "coverage" lasted 45 minutes.

and is it meant to be endurance event? maybe dakar.

Quote from deggis :

Huh? ISC (International Sportsworld Communicators) the owner of WRC tv rights ended the deal with rally-live.com because it provided better live coverage service than the official wrc.com page.

what stops them from continuing the live "coverage" of the rallies? there are plenty czech rally sites that do it for free, without having any deal with ISC

just very few pics i took while walking down the stage today

http://don.vn.cz/temp/photos/stopa08/

The 1st round of the 2008 WRC season is starting in less than one hour. Perhaps not many of you know about the amazing World Rally Radio, which is free to listen and very entertaining to listen to - and also they play some great tunes (but that may be my awkward music taste )

Anyway, they start broadcasting at 18.30 CET (gmt +1)

So, tune in to have some fun on your thursday evening (and the following weekend).

Rally Radio: http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=320

holding a 1/320 with tele lens (~300mm and higher) is not the same as holding 1/320 with wide lens.

anyway, got my canon 50/1.8 recently, here are some tests http://don.vn.cz/temp/repo/2008_01_naru/

Don`t be mistaken, the WRC footage is produced by NorthOne Television and ITV just used to buy their footage, they didn`t have any input in it. So with the move of WRC to Dave TV, I don`t think that much is going to be changed, as they will still buy the footage from NorthOne Television. And mind you, I always like the WRC footage from NorthOne Television - I think they are doing a great job.

Also, the new www.wrc.com site was launched few days ago and it looks promising - free videos, the amazing rally radio and possibly even split times and live coverage from super specials (we`ll have to see, no word about that yet). IMHO, 2008 is looking very promising for WRC.

Last edited by Don, Sun 6 Jan 2008, 22:01.

I shoot handheld. Yes, long exposure times are problem (hence my next target is prime canon 200/2.8 ), but on 350D you can crank up the iso up to 400 and still get decent image quality and exposure times

Quote from XCNuse :

...but it didn't have IS, which is a MUUUUST for anything beyond 100mm

not really, my sigma 70-300 has no IS and it takes decent pics, considering the price. You just have to keep it above f8, as it tends to be quite soft with lower f numbers.

Quote from XCNuse :

Canon is even more expensive!
The cheapest lense they sell is in the $400 range, there are no such things as "manual lenses" when it comes to canon, they are all EFS.

really? what about the excellent 50/1.8 lens that cost 140$ here (and in usa even less). and you know there are also other lens manufacturers for canon like sigma, tamron, tokina etc. also, my belarussian peleng fisheye lens are manual.

Quote from harjun :

but if you buy a different lense can't you go upto 40x zoom?

i`d love 10-400 lens, where do i get them?

btw: what are you currently missing on your dads sony? why do you need dslr?

Last edited by Don, Thu 3 Jan 2008, 18:01.

lol dslr sucks you cant take vids with it and the photo appears on the lcd only AFTER you take it and lol only 3x zoom for that price that sucks

driver of the year: loeb

Quote from XCNuse :

Love that picture Taavi, I just wish it was a little bit larger

timmik, the only issue with your color one, is the light, it's sunset on the car, midday on the wheels, and midday on the exhaust pipe. Other than that, good job.

external flash / strobe can make similar effect

you mean his ride in F1 renault? nah, too much talking & acting in that - and that obviously looks ridiculous in lfs

I work in a local advertising company as some kind of "universal" guy.. my job includes all kinds of photoshop work, retouching, desktop publishing (indesign), websites designing & programming, photographing, stitching panoramas, creating virtual tours, video editing etc. - sounds good? it sucks

Should there be a suitable car review, i might redo it in lfs

Quote from Yaamboo :

I was sitting in the Rally Info at the service park which meant that I was giving information (in Finnish, English, French and a couple of words in Spanish also...) to teams or drivers who passed by and also other people that just wanted some info. Basically our main job was to be an info spot to the teams but as the area was free for anyone to pass by, we also helped tourists and rallyfans

And as the worktimes were organised so I had to work for only half a day, I could use the other half to walk around and even had time to go check the shakedown stage at Laajavuori
(The shakedown is actually quite nice as you see the top cars multiple times, it's free to enter and you get really close to the cars.)

It was fun and I'm planning to go again next year

Wow, nice job Although it would annoy me to sit somewhere in a office knowing that theres a rally going on just a few kilometers from me Shame we didn`t meet at shakedown, as we were both there. We also camped at laajavuoruiorui the night before shakedown.

i guess so - it was downloaded either from the forum or from lfs-database. dont remember who made it, so cant give you the link...if you know the filename of fxo/fxr interior, i guess i could upload it here.

Quote from Yaamboo :

Didn't watch that, but what, you were in Finland for the rally? Nice pictures I was working during the rally

Yeah, it was my first WRC event that i visited and it was great. I hope to visit it again in 2008. What exactly was your job during the rally?

:lfs:

you should be careful with the sharperning filter...

he`s right behind your window now! dont look there.