MissBanzai March 2012 Tunnel Run

[Skifledanabit]

My genuine heartfelt thanks to those of you that have donated and are coming, looking at the Justgiving site, we are due another rather large turnout, not as big as before, but its still going to be something to contend with!

The MissBanzai London Tunnel run is only 20 hours away, open to all Japanese cars, over 280 people signed up so far, if you wish to sign up and join in, please go to http://www.justgiving.com/MissBanzai2012 and donate your £8 before 1300hrs (that\'s 1pm) today!

[Skifledanabit]

The official MissBanzai photos will be posted up on missbanzai.com at some point when people have recovered and have time, meanwhile, please feel free to go over and add any of your own photos or footage of the night on the existing picture thread.

Thanks, see you at the next one!

[seanp]

Here on MB :-)

My Album is here.

[CardHore]

Sean...

Great pics... I brought a Canon 600D SLR jobby out with me that night. I couldnt get pictures anywhere near like yours. I didnt use the flash which seemed to work better than with (much better). Is there a good base setting you use for night shots like the stunning ones you have taken?

Ta

[wheelynutz]

Had a absolutely brilliant night, we went in the mad mx5 BBR Turbo as the rex isn\'t on the road yet but got some good whistles and whooshes and plenty of wiggly bum :3gears-rh
And Skifledanabit i saw you fc and it was very nice indeed, snap off bosses are so cool

[seanp]

Sean...

Great pics... I brought a Canon 600D SLR jobby out with me that night. I couldnt get pictures anywhere near like yours. I didnt use the flash which seemed to work better than with (much better). Is there a good base setting you use for night shots like the stunning ones you have taken?

Ta

Hi Ta

I used by Canon 60D, EFS 17-85mm f/4.0-5.6 IS USM Lens and very little skill!

A Tripod is essential, as exposures are too lengthy to hand-hold; some of Aston\'s car are handheld - and breath held(!), with flash.

I used 2-second timer mode to make sure no movement on tripod after hitting the release.

I actually left most in "P"rogram mode, as I couldn\'t be bothered fiddling with Aperture Priority (Av) , Shutter Priority (Tv) or Manual(!) modes!

However, I also resorted to Manual focusing as camera hunts a bit with autofocus and low light. Then I forgot it was in manual focus, but got real lucky with a load of shots still seems focus point is OK!

Most were without flash - built in flash not powerful enough (More £££ required for decent remote flash(es)!).

The midnight Rexes one was a 30-second Shutter Priority.

ISO was on auto - so probably a fair few 3200s in there, for less noisy shots you may need to fix ISO lower (e.g. 800) which will double exposure time for every step-down.

There\'s an excellent book called "Understanding Exposure" (2nd ed.) where I picked most of this up from, and have rather surprised myself at the results!