Shot the first "in person" corporate luncheon in well over a year today, it felt so darn good! Amazing what a glimpse of normal can do for people's perspectives. I decided to give the R5 another benchmark test, this time with the RF 24-70 IS mounted up, it did spectacularly well.
I was stationed at Norton AFB (see the tail fin) circa 1970-1972. C-47s were long gone, plus MATS became MAC, just a few years after the brown shoe days. We did have a couple of C-118s and T-29s. As a jet engine mechanic I had to go all the way in the back to the C-118 hell hole to work on the GTCP. The Geep, as we called it, was the size of a large suitcase, think 1960's style. I would have to weave my arm, hands and tools through the maze of cables to work on it. It was worse than working on the C-141 APU in the wheel well and made working the C-141 engines feel like a dream. But hey, it all paid the same, about $110/month or so.
Guess I worked on all the insignificant birds in my career. Of the many aircraft only the T-33 and F-4 are seen at airshows. The C-54 was a workhorse during the Berlin Airlift and are only seen in museums.
JWilsonphoto wrote:
Hey Don, so what are your impressions of the 800mm? Obviously it performs well, is the F/11 quirky?
Hey, Jim really impressive as it is so lightweight and performs pretty good under low light conditions. When it is real cloudy though that f 11 is limiting.
The background 800 lens makes can be interesting. It nailed these Wilson Snipe.
Don
Thanks for the review Don! How do you feel about sharpness, in comparison to other lenses that you consider to be tack sharp? The 600 and 800 are almost too good to be true, I've paid close to their price for B+W filters..................
On April 3 this year, Lt. Gen. Harry Goldsworthy, the man considered to be the oldest living retired air force general in the world, celebrated his 107th birthday.
In a career that spanned some 34 years, from 1939, when Goldsworthy was accepted for flight training with the Army Air Corps, to retirement in 1973, what was his favorite assignment?
Ray Swindle wrote:
I was stationed at Norton AFB (see the tail fin) circa 1970-1972. C-47s were long gone, plus MATS became MAC, just a few years after the brown shoe days. We did have a couple of C-118s and T-29s. As a jet engine mechanic I had to go all the way in the back to the C-118 hell hole to work on the GTCP. The Geep, as we called it, was the size of a large suitcase, think 1960's style. I would have to weave my arm, hands and tools through the maze of cables to work on it. It was worse than working on the C-141 APU in the wheel well and made working the C-141 engines feel like a dream. But hey, it all paid the same, about $110/month or so.
Guess I worked on all the insignificant birds in my career. Of the many aircraft only the T-33 and F-4 are seen at airshows. The C-54 was a workhorse during the Berlin Airlift and are only seen in museums.
