This summer i will be taking photos of my frinends boat. It is a racing boat that is verrryy long and fast. Can go up to 200 mph. He races them all the time and they would like some picture of it going fast. I have seen other pictures of these boats and they are perfectly in focus with a perfect streaming motion blur backround. I know these are difficult shots to get. From what i can put together the other professional shots are done similar to ones of surfing shot from shore with a long tele-photo on a large tripod. Now how? I think its necessary to use tracking focusing like AI SERVO but i dont really know how to use other types of tracking etc. I shoot on manual usually and i heard its sometimes best to shoot aperature priority in this situation or shutter priority. Also is another type of metering mode necessary? im not familiar with shooting fast moving objects. Pan and Blur? I could really use some help. If i needed to rent a telephoto the most i could afford renting would be a 400 4.6 or 300 f4. The boats will be far away so im gonna need focal length with speed...i can post process crop if needed they r not gonna be picky with image quality Here is my gear--- (Thanks in advanceee))


Rebel XT--70-200 2.8 (non is)---18-55 ( wouldnt need it)--- GITZO reporter tripod with GItzo ball head (this tripod is very sturdy and verryyy expensive should be fine for this type of shooting)