I stopped into Competitive this morning and my Buddy Eugene asked me if I wanted to pick up my RF800/5.6....................Brought memories back from when he snagged me the first EF 800mm in the country. Given all the advances in lens technology and what I know about the 800mm, I politely declined. As we have discussed here before, it is a fantastic lens, for cool climes and still winds, and it quickly becomes a $19,000 boat anchor when the winds and the heat churn up.
JWilsonphoto wrote:
I stopped into Competitive this morning and my Buddy Eugene asked me if I wanted to pick up my RF800/5.6....................Brought memories back from when he snagged me the first EF 800mm in the country. Given all the advances in lens technology and what I know about the 800mm, I politely declined. As we have discussed here before, it is a fantastic lens, for cool climes and still winds, and it quickly becomes a $19,000 boat anchor when the winds and the heat churn up.
I think the new Nikon 800mm PF is phenomenal, light, sharp, decent aperture, perfect for birds and closeup shots of airplanes (IMHO of course).
On another note, I think the chance I am going to Battle Creek, Michigan for the show in 2 weeks is 75% . This year's show at Andrews will be amazing. they just added the B-1B, B-2, B-52 flybys, in addition to the TB, F-35A, the F-18 Rhino Team, the B-29...I must say this is the best lineup I will have been to and I have been to probably 60+ airshows. On the same weekend Ocean, Va will have a great show too. I am planning to go to both.
Those will be a couple of great shows for you Douglas! Good Luck! I don't know anything about the Nikon 800mm, and they can do some amazing things with coatings these days. I just found that more often than not, my EF 800mm couldn't cut through the average air show atmospherics. The lens was razor sharp in the right conditions. I even sent it back to CPS every couple of years to be tweaked and it always came back with a note saying that it exceeded factory specs and nothing needed to be done but a general clean and service. When conditions were right it was worth the $11,998 I paid for it...............
Hunter's wedding pictures are beginning to surface. The trend these days is over expose, and I'm only seeing a digital file that has passed through a bunch of hands, so it's hard to judge.
Hunter's wedding pictures are beginning to surface. The trend these days is over expose, and I'm only seeing a digital file that has passed through a bunch of hands, so it's hard to judge.
Thanks for posting this Douglas. It always amazed me how producers made the actor-pilot connection.
I have not seen this movie yet. My wife is not a TC fan.....I keep telling her that my personal experience with aviators is that most are brash, arrogant, extroverts that fear nothing and salivate at flying towards the action.
They saved my "six" many, many times and those of the men who were in combat that I served with for 2 years.
I can tell you for a fact that the sound alone of an F4, F105,F111's had the enemy scurrying for cover! That alone gave us a few seconds to change defensive tactics to offensive or escape altogether!
Thanks again!
Dan
JWilsonphoto wrote:
Hunter's wedding pictures are beginning to surface. The trend these days is over expose, and I'm only seeing a digital file that has passed through a bunch of hands, so it's hard to judge.
A handsome family brother regardless!
RD
Danpbphoto wrote:
Thanks for posting this Douglas. It always amazed me how producers made the actor-pilot connection.
I have not seen this movie yet. My wife is not a TC fan.....I keep telling her that my personal experience with aviators is that most are brash, arrogant, extroverts that fear nothing and salivate at flying towards the action.
They saved my "six" many, many times and those of the men who were in combat that I served with for 2 years.
I can tell you for a fact that the sound alone of an F4, F105,F111's had the enemy scurrying for cover! That alone gave us a few seconds to change defensive tactics to offensive or escape altogether!
Thanks again!
Dan
When you returned to CONUS after SEA duty, did you land at a USAF base or did you come back commercial from an island base? If you landed at a USAF base, which one?
Fathers day I hung around Erie-Ottawa airport Ohio watching the small ones go in and out. There was supposed to be a fly in of the B-17 from Willow Glenn and I was excited! However that flight canceled due to mechanical issues I was told
Still a thrill to be close and watch some air traffic Sharing a few, I am trying to learn the shutter speeds for prop planes and do a better job panning! Any suggestions always appreciated, thanks.
Karl
Karl Witt 2022
1 Taxi out Experimental, this was a small plane and small engine!
Went on a trip this weekend with Marcel a friend of mine, we went to Denmark for the Danish Airforce open day.
850 KM (531 miles) one way crazy right.
I was curious to see if I was still able to hold the gear after being sick for so long.
It was heavy to say the least and i fell a sleep in my chair even used high shutterspeed and auto iso but still the keeper rate was way low but by the looks of it I have a couple of keepers.
For the ones interested I will resume work on a full bases from Juli 1st so we will see were that goes.
That’s the age old question Karl. The guys here are constantly honing their panning skills and slow shutter speed techniques. In a perfect world 1/80th of a second will get you a full disc, regardless of the power setting that your subject is using. If an Extra is really wound up and coming downhill you might be able to get a full disc at 1/100th. Some practice will get you familiar with what it looks like as you shoot faster shutterspeeds. You can get some motion up through 1/500th but it doesn’t convey speed like the slower ones.
Panning is another thing entirely. Todays faster buffers reall help in that quest. Depending upon the lens you are using and the compression, 1/125th can begin to get you a good motion feel. Once again, if you can get in sync, 1/80th and slower can really get you some beautiful effects. The trick to panning is getting in perfect sync with your subject as it flies by. The technique is challenging because you can be dead on one day and way off the next, it’s a constant quest.
JWilsonphoto wrote:
That’s the age old question Karl. The guys here are constantly honing their panning skills and slow shutter speed techniques. In a perfect world 1/80th of a second will get you a full disc, regardless of the power setting that your subject is using. If an Extra is really wound up and coming downhill you might be able to get a full disc at 1/100th. Some practice will get you familiar with what it looks like as you shoot faster shutterspeeds. You can get some motion up through 1/500th but it doesn’t convey speed like the slower ones.
Panning is another thing entirely. Todays faster buffers reall help in that quest. Depending upon the lens you are using and the compression, 1/125th can begin to get you a good motion feel. Once again, if you can get in sync, 1/80th and slower can really get you some beautiful effects. The trick to panning is getting in perfect sync with your subject as it flies by. The technique is challenging because you can be dead on one day and way off the next, it’s a constant quest....Show more →
Thanks Jim for the suggested shutter speeds. I have quite a ways to go to get there but will get more practice in soon. Some year soon I want to get to Oshkosh, I better have my act together then I better stop shooting wildlife birds at my fast shutter speeds and work on my panning and drag the shutter speeds
Karl
. This year's show at Andrews will be amazing. they just added the B-1B, B-2, B-52 flybys, in addition to the TB, F-35A, the F-18 Rhino Team, the B-29...I must say this is the best lineup I will have been to and I have been to probably 60+ airshows. On the same weekend Ocean, Va will have a great show too. I am planning to go to both.
I better stop shooting wildlife birds at my fast shutter speeds and work on my panning and drag the shutter speeds