JWilsonphoto wrote:
Chas, please let me know if I can help you get up to speed with the R5, you are embarking on a fun journey! You will be blown away at what you'll be able to produce with the 100-500.
Jim, Thanks so much. I may very well take you up on that. The "downloadable" manual is 1200 pages!!!! I grew up in NYC and the phone book for all of the boroughs wasn't that big!!!
chas wrote:
Jim, Thanks so much. I may very well take you up on that. The "downloadable" manual is 1200 pages!!!! I grew up in NYC and the phone book for all of the boroughs wasn't that big!!!
Yes, and the manual expects you to be knowledgable about the topics. It is more like a reference manual to be used to remind you what button to push.
Ray, that one was a real laugh out loud! I cannot imagine 1200+ pages that assume you already know something. I guess they forgot the 300 page preface!
Douglas L wrote:
Happy Thanksgiving to all my American FM friends! Many many things to be thankful for this year.....
Some shots from Monday. Interesting story I read, turkey was almost chosen as our national bird instead of bald eagle because Theodore Roosevelt didn't like the habits of bald eagles stealing preys from other eagles.
A few years ago I had the privilege of celebrating Thanksgiving twice, once on Vancouver Island with my helicopter crew and clients, and then a second time with my family back here in Texas. We were all over the top relieved on the Island because our two week assignment had come to an end (and everyone lived), and we had successfully battled some of the most challenging fall weather any of us had seen, or tried to photograph in. We had a great celebration, perfectly timed.
JWilsonphoto wrote:
Chas, you have the brain trust here, you'll be up and running in no time. Are you more into stills vs video?
Jim,
Very much so. I may start to dabble in video now, but that is probably down the road because the editing of that is an entirely new learning curve upon a rapidly aging brain.
The R5 does a great job with video, and as long as you don't try to pan with IBIS, it produces very nice clips fairly easily. I never had the least bit of trouble with heat, but I only shot 8K sporadically. My R5's were typically either in Manual mode or Shutter Priority (TV), back button AF is your friend.
Two A-10s from the Maryland Air National Guard stopped by to say hello when we were photographing bald eagles yesterday at Conowingo. Lots of eagle Top Gun dog fights, most of which were pretty far away though, thank God for 50MP
chas wrote:
Jim,
Very much so. I may start to dabble in video now, but that is probably down the road because the editing of that is an entirely new learning curve upon a rapidly aging brain.
I hear you Chas, but you will discover a whole new creative avenue in video. Because of my situation, I didn't have the luxury of learning it slowly, which is a frustrating way to go. Just begin with a little video and process it in iMovie or something simple, grow little by little and before you know it, you'll be proficient.
JWilsonphoto wrote:
Wonderful Douglas, wish I could come and play.
Thank you Jim! There were over 200 bald eagles at the location yesterday, lots of fishing/fighting actions. The experts said the recent big snow storm up north drove the eagles to the south to find food sources. I may go back to Conowingo one more time before the year end, then wait for the shad run in late March/April when the eagles get busy.
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Ahhh, yes, the Beech 18. Word to wise, fellow aviators: your picture, Jan-Arie, brought back into clear focus the day while at KPNS (Pensacola, FL) getting ready to board with my now Senior Corporate pilot son a Piper Arrow 200 for a trip to Florida. I stupidly ignored the facts that, he was soaking wet as he got off the aircraft - then used by USPS to deliver mail - soaking wet from sweat AND said, “don’t go.” I almost killed us both that day upon entering an embedded thunderstorm line near Tallahassee, FL, that had prompted an Eastern Airlines pilot on final approach to (then) KTLH to announce to approach control, I’m going missed, I can’t hold it anymore, or words very close to that.
Moral of story: do NOT EVER ignore what a Beech 18 pilot says about one’s route of flight, Thank you, sir, for the memories. Tony
That was back when men were men and thunderstorms were an opportunity to prove it................or end up in a smoking hole. We have learned much over the years about what should and should not be trifled with. Decades a go there was a "Preacher" with a various dubious reputation who flew a Cessna 210. He departed from somewhere in the Texas valley on his way to a revival in the Midwest. He made a stop in Houston to pick up five people and top his tanks, a couple of corporate guys in the FBO told him that there was a front in North Texas that was turning the big boys around and that he might think twice about launching off. He walked out on the ramp, shook his fist in the air and rebuked the storm, an hour later he and his passengers were riding a 210 fuselage, sans wings, down from the high teens.
chas wrote:
Ok Jim, I just traded in my entire kit of 1DX, 5DS R, and assorted lenses for an R5 kit with the RF 24-105L (along with the grip) and the RF 100-500. It’s all your fault!!!
I still have the same set up "chas"...as yours....
Maybe time to "get with it"!
Dan
Two A-10s from the Maryland Air National Guard stopped by to say hello when we were photographing bald eagles yesterday at Conowingo. Lots of eagle Top Gun dog fights, most of which were pretty far away though, thank God for 50MP
Just beautiful Douglas!
