I just caught up several absentee weeks on MA2A, only to learn I've missed your health updates. It's one thing to miss great images and interesting commentary as they are posted, entirely another to not be up to date on health issues. I hope you are progressing and the issue will be controlled and resolved.
You know most of us could stop shooting today and not run out of images to post process for decades. I'v been looking through my archives for images for my new website and it's like Christmas morning, over and over again
Here is a shot of a King Air I recently photographed for a charter client of mine. Haven't had time to post much lately as I've been so busy. Went to four different places in the month of February alone. Southwest Airlines LUVS me.
Hope everyone has a great weekend. Time to play catch up around the house with a LOT of "honey do's"
The other day I heard the unmistakable radial of a twin WWII warplane and sure enough it was a B-25 at about 1,000' slipping just below the trees on the horizon. A brief glimpse of the tail and it was gone.
Jim's posts of old image files got me thinking about the progression of gear. Most of us have had that 'rainy day' experience of finding gems in the old archive and being surprised just how good they really were / are.
In my case the 7D II is my last remaining full size DSLR and does a great job in our well lit Florida skies where clouds diffuse and enhance the light.
But all good things must end, and apparently the 7D III is due in a few months. Sadly with its release the II will be obsolete and totally useless. Perhaps marginally functional but the images will become little more than Kodak moments.
Ah, progress ...
Anyway, I wish it was the B-25 but here's a winter visitor to the South --- a Gray Catbird cropped but unedited except for RAW conversion --- in a couple months this shot may be little more than a gray smudge.
unclechuck wrote:
The other day I heard the unmistakable radial of a twin WWII warplane and sure enough it was a B-25 at about 1,000' slipping just below the trees on the horizon. A brief glimpse of the tail and it was gone.
Jim's posts of old image files got me thinking about the progression of gear. Most of us have had that 'rainy day' experience of finding gems in the old archive and being surprised just how good they really were / are.
In my case the 7D II is my last remaining full size DSLR and does a great job in our well lit Florida skies where clouds diffuse and enhance the light.
But all good things must end, and apparently the 7D III is due in a few months. Sadly with its release the II will be obsolete and totally useless. Perhaps marginally functional but the images will become little more than Kodak moments.
Ah, progress ...
Anyway, I wish it was the B-25 but here's a winter visitor to the South --- a Gray Catbird cropped but unedited except for RAW conversion --- in a couple months this shot may be little more than a gray smudge.
Chuck why do you say your 7D2 will be obsolete and useless when the 7D3 arrives?
The 7D2 will still be a great camera and you will still be able to make great photo's with it.
I have a couple of friend's who also own a 7D2 and they will still use them after the 7D3 arrives.
I think for most photographers it is not viable to acquire a new body every time one comes out.
The only one's who can afford that are people like Jim for instance as they make their living with it and they can tailor their client needs with the new equipment, But i think even Jim will balance his needs before he spends a large amount of cash.
I have been fortunate enough to be able to buy a 1Dmk2 I bought it new but like you said to today's standards it's specks are old but for me it still produces great photo's
The only drawback that I can think of is that Canon will cancel it's service to certain models body and lenses after new versions are available.
Any one familiar with Eielson Air Force Base in Fairbanks, AK?
I am going to Fairbanks Monday and will be there several days. Thought I might check the AFB out. Any vantage points to get some shots there? Any advice appreciated.
TIA
EG
Jan-Arie wrote:
Chuck why do you say your 7D2 will be obsolete and useless when the 7D3 arrives?
The 7D2 will still be a great camera and you will still be able to make great photo's with it.
I have a couple of friend's who also own a 7D2 and they will still use them after the 7D3 arrives.
I think for most photographers it is not viable to acquire a new body every time one comes out.
The only one's who can afford that are people like Jim for instance as they make their living with it and they can tailor their client needs with the new equipment, But i think even Jim will balance his needs before he spends a large amount of cash.
I have been fortunate enough to be able to buy a 1Dmk2 I bought it new but like you said to today's standards it's specks are old but for me it still produces great photo's
The only drawback that I can think of is that Canon will cancel it's service to certain models body and lenses after new versions are available.
So I say Chuck keep on making those photo's ...Show more →
All the images I have posted have been with my worthless old 7D.
Don
