The defacement of beautiful racing cars by cameras
07/22/2015
Have you recently been to a historic racing event? Did you enjoy the beautiful monoposti or sports prototypes? So did we, although our enjoyment was somewhat diminished by the ever-increasing proliferation of onboard cameras.
Despite the fact that film technology is actually becoming more and more compact, these recording utensils are becoming increasingly conspicuous. This is also due to the fact that some drivers are no longer content with just one camera (see picture above).
For some, even that was not enough and they mounted four cameras (or even more?).
Who is supposed to view all the footage? On a race day like the Solitude Revival, there are probably several thousandhours of film if you add up the output of the participants and the visitors. The good scenes are certainly fun to watch, but the majority of the material is boring at best, if not unusable. Even the Porsche factory in Stuttgart couldn't escape being filmed, with a GoPro enthroned on the rear of the 917 hatchback.
The downside of filming is the generally less coherent photos that can be taken of the racing cars of the time. And an authentic backdrop and look would be particularly valuable for demonstration drives such as at the Solitude Revival ...
Incidentally, the pictures were all taken at one event, namely the Solitude Revival. There is, of course, a comprehensive report about it here ...
