ijm5012
Mu-43 Legend
Many of us come to m43 because of the smaller size and lighter weight of the equipment, looking to downsize from our larger and heavier DSLR systems, without sacrificing too much in terms of image quality. One way that's achievable is thanks to the excellent lenses that we have available to us in the system. While not new to the m43 system, I've recently taken advantage of just how small and compact one can make a m43 kit.
I've always been a huge motorsport and racing fan, from as far back as I can remember. My father would take me to the race track as a child, and it was a common bond that we shared together. The sense of speed, the smells of racing fuel and rubber, and most importantly, the sound. Just the feeling of having your body and ground shake as you stand next to an open header V8 warming up, it's unreal. Through the years, I've been fortunate enough to make relationships with enough people that I'm afforded the opportunity to go and help out at a handful of races a year. I've been doing this for years now, but only recently starting taking a small bit of m43 kit to the track to document the behind-the-scenes work that goes on with the crew, as they're the people that enable to fans to enjoy this sport. Most recently, I flew down to Atlanta, Georgia for the Petit Le Mans, a 10 hour endurance race consisting of multiple types of cars on track at once.
Because my primary function is helping the team, I pack a relatively small m43 kit that I can stow in a LowePro ViewPoint CS80 padded case, which gets thrown in my backpack. Despite the small size of the case, I manage to fit a surprising amount of gear in there. My typical race kit consists of an E-M5 II, 9mm f/8 FE, 75mm f/1.8, 42.5mm f/1.7, 25mm f/1.8, two spare batteries, 58mm & 46mm CPL and ND 0.9 filters, a 10,000 mAh rechargeable battery, a USB battery charger, and 6" USB and Lightning cables (for charging camera batteries or my cell phone).
LowePro ViewPoint CS80-2 by Ian Menego, on Flickr
LowePro ViewPoint CS80-3 by Ian Menego, on Flickr
This kit simply produces stunning images, and allows me to document some of the work that the full-time crew members do on a typical race weekend. I enjoy doing this, because 95% of the photos taken at a race of pictures of the cars, but I enjoy taking images of the people that enable those cars to get out on track and put on a show for the fans.
I'm extremely pleased with how my little m43 kit did here, and can't think of another system that could deliver these kind of results, while being able to fit in the small case that my m43 gear traveled in. In my opinion, this is a perfect example of the benefit m43 has as a system. Here are some shots with my m43 kit from last weekend at the track, enjoy.
PA050420 by Ian Menego, on Flickr
PA050524 by Ian Menego, on Flickr
PA071847 by Ian Menego, on Flickr
PA060723 by Ian Menego, on Flickr
PA060729 by Ian Menego, on Flickr
PA061106 by Ian Menego, on Flickr
PA060973 by Ian Menego, on Flickr
PA060949 by Ian Menego, on Flickr
PA050563 by Ian Menego, on Flickr
PA050601 by Ian Menego, on Flickr
PA050581 by Ian Menego, on Flickr
PA060915 by Ian Menego, on Flickr
PA061037 by Ian Menego, on Flickr
PA071358 by Ian Menego, on Flickr
PA071523 by Ian Menego, on Flickr
PA071540 by Ian Menego, on Flickr
PA071754 by Ian Menego, on Flickr
I've always been a huge motorsport and racing fan, from as far back as I can remember. My father would take me to the race track as a child, and it was a common bond that we shared together. The sense of speed, the smells of racing fuel and rubber, and most importantly, the sound. Just the feeling of having your body and ground shake as you stand next to an open header V8 warming up, it's unreal. Through the years, I've been fortunate enough to make relationships with enough people that I'm afforded the opportunity to go and help out at a handful of races a year. I've been doing this for years now, but only recently starting taking a small bit of m43 kit to the track to document the behind-the-scenes work that goes on with the crew, as they're the people that enable to fans to enjoy this sport. Most recently, I flew down to Atlanta, Georgia for the Petit Le Mans, a 10 hour endurance race consisting of multiple types of cars on track at once.
Because my primary function is helping the team, I pack a relatively small m43 kit that I can stow in a LowePro ViewPoint CS80 padded case, which gets thrown in my backpack. Despite the small size of the case, I manage to fit a surprising amount of gear in there. My typical race kit consists of an E-M5 II, 9mm f/8 FE, 75mm f/1.8, 42.5mm f/1.7, 25mm f/1.8, two spare batteries, 58mm & 46mm CPL and ND 0.9 filters, a 10,000 mAh rechargeable battery, a USB battery charger, and 6" USB and Lightning cables (for charging camera batteries or my cell phone).
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This kit simply produces stunning images, and allows me to document some of the work that the full-time crew members do on a typical race weekend. I enjoy doing this, because 95% of the photos taken at a race of pictures of the cars, but I enjoy taking images of the people that enable those cars to get out on track and put on a show for the fans.
I'm extremely pleased with how my little m43 kit did here, and can't think of another system that could deliver these kind of results, while being able to fit in the small case that my m43 gear traveled in. In my opinion, this is a perfect example of the benefit m43 has as a system. Here are some shots with my m43 kit from last weekend at the track, enjoy.
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