Defying the "slow camera" school of thought once again. Yesterday was a tumultuous weather day but we had all the players in place so we briefed and took a run at it. Happily we more than accomplished our goals. The X2DII/35-100E did not disappoint...............
JWilsonphoto wrote:
My mind and body have slowly synced up with Texas time after the expedition to the North Pole. Not only did we hit our target at precisely 9:02 am on May the 9th, exactly the time Admiral Byrd is purported to have reached 90 Degrees North, but we set three world speed records in the process.
The Hasselblad performed flawlessley capturing several handheld exposures in the middle of the night from 1 to 3 seconds long. The Canon R5II was also a great companion to my Swedish masterpiece.
Navigation get's very wonky at the top of the world and the last image shows the stark reality of our expedition, we were several thousand miles from the nearest emergency runway. Thankfully, the entire trip went smoothly and our undercast broke at the perfect moment to reveal the frozen seascape at 90 Degrees. That image was captured at FL410 clipping along at 748 mph....Show more →
That was such a great expedition. What a way to mark Admiral Byrd’s achievement! Congratulations on the speed records, too! The image is superb, but I’d be willing to bet it’s not the only one.
Thank you Andrew! I shot the expedition with a 50/50 mix of the X2DII and my Canon R5's. The stabilization in the Hasselblad came in very handy when I was shooting cockpit shots during night legs, a couple of exposures were 3 seconds long, hand held, and they are sharp as a tack.
