msalvetti wrote:
I got to lift Douglas' Sony 600 when we met at Conowingo, and I was shocked at how light it was. Much lighter than my EF 500LII. I was on a gimbal shooting with a 1.4x, and Douglas was hand-holding.
I imagine the Canon RF is in the same ballpark.
Mark
Hi Mark,
Yes, it's reasonably light and extremely well balanced.
Some prop. shots from the the Langley show on Saturday. I found about 10 out of hundreds that were marginally sharp enough to be worth editing. The depth of field was tough even at aperture f16 for the heritage flight shots. Props are tough to shoot, for me anyway.
Douglas
ILCE-1FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS lens600mmf/9.01/100s100 ISO0.0 EV
ILCE-1FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS lens600mmf/8.01/100s100 ISO0.0 EV
ILCE-1FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS lens329mmf/8.01/100s100 ISO0.0 EV
ILCE-1FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS lens397mmf/9.01/100s100 ISO0.0 EV
ILCE-1FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS lens441mmf/16.01/125s100 ISO0.0 EV
ILCE-1FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS lens600mmf/8.01/80s100 ISO0.0 EV
I have been having fun using the 600 f4+1.4TC as part of my airshow setup. While it's great when reach is needed, the jets can overfill the frame real fast when they approach. I missed some shots as a result. I am beginning to question my wisdom of using this setup along with the 200-600. While the 200-600 doesn't get me the reach sometimes, its versatility makes up for it. The Sony A1 has 51 MP so there is a lot of room for cropping. Maybe for the next show I will just bring the 200-600, instead of 600 f4+1.4TC on one camera and 200-600 on another camera.
That last shot, the F-35 was flying from left to right, making the best looking vapor cone of the whole show, my Sony A1 and 600 F4+1.4 TC played a joke on me, it just froze. I had to dismount and remount the lens from the camera to make it work again. So the last shot was what I got from this $20000 combo.
For those of you who follow this kind of stuff, Hillwood Airways (Ross Perot Jr's airline) is going to be acquired by Eastern Holdings, the parent company of Eastern Airlines.
Our forecast looks like typical May weather, clouds, wind and on and off rain for the next 10 days. I have a residential model to shoot early this week then I'm off to the Permian Basin. Looks like the West Texas project could be wet, maybe the weather will offer some unique "the job must go on" kind of shots, or maybe I'll get to shoot some of those West Texas/eastern NM super cell cloud formations the blow up out there. Looking into rain gear .............
My prediction was right on the money....................although the photo is the new 100-300 lens. Not really very tempting though, given the outstanding performance of the RF 100-500 for a quarter of the price.
Thank you Jim!
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JWilsonphoto wrote:
My prediction was right on the money....................although the photo is the new 100-300 lens. Not really very tempting though, given the outstanding performance of the RF 100-500 for a quarter of the price.
I wonder if that would make a nice airshow lens.
Alright, last batch from the Langley show. Some of you may remember last year I spent quite a bit of time trying to have a good idea as to which jet from which direction will be in the front during the opposing passes and it was fairly accurate last year, for the most part I was tracking the jet that would be in the front during the pass. But for the TB show at Langley, I followed the same pattern but this time every single opposing pass I was tracking the jet that ended up in the back. . Maybe they changed the flight manual or I lost my mind.
Douglas L wrote:
Some prop. shots from the the Langley show on Saturday. I found about 10 out of hundreds that were marginally sharp enough to be worth editing. The depth of field was tough even at aperture f16 for the heritage flight shots. Props are tough to shoot, for me anyway.
Douglas
Just fantastic compositions brother!
WOW!!!!!!
Stay safe!
Dan
Douglas L wrote:
Thank you Jim!
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I wonder if that would make a nice airshow lens.
Alright, last batch from the Langley show. Some of you may remember last year I spent quite a bit of time trying to have a good idea as to which jet from which direction will be in the front during the opposing passes and it was fairly accurate last year, for the most part I was tracking the jet that would be in the front during the pass. But for the TB show at Langley, I followed the same pattern but this time every single opposing pass I was tracking the jet that ended up in the back. . Maybe they changed the flight manual or I lost my mind....Show more →
The envy is running all through me seeing these images Douglas!!!!!
Just primo photography!
Dan
JWilsonphoto wrote:
For those of you who follow this kind of stuff, Hillwood Airways (Ross Perot Jr's airline) is going to be acquired by Eastern Holdings, the parent company of Eastern Airlines.
Brother Jim;
I know nothing about RP's airline. Is this a good or bad buy/sell?
Thanks...Glad Allen is surviving the murders!
Stay Safe!
RD
I'm sure that it was a good business decision, that's the only kind Ross makes, but it's hard to imagine putting that much time and money into getting airline certification, acquiring lots of aircraft and clients, then selling it. Obviously way above this photographer's pay grade. I wonder if they sold the hangar at the south end of the field as well. A good friend is head of all things aviation for Ross so I'm Sure he'll fill me in the next time we have breakfast.
JWilsonphoto wrote:
I'm sure that it was a good business decision, that's the only kind Ross makes, but it's hard to imagine putting that much time and money into getting airline certification, acquiring lots of aircraft and clients, then selling it. Obviously way above this photographer's pay grade. I wonder if they sold the hangar at the south end of the field as well. A good friend is head of all things aviation for Ross so I'm Sure he'll fill me in the next time we have breakfast.
Yes RP never makes a decision that I can remember that was unwise. So when your breakfast is finished, and if you can remember, I would like to know just for information.
Thanks Jim!
Dan
My guess is, running an airline was a bit more labor intensive than they anticipated, especially with the pilot shortage, and someone made them an offer they couldn't refuse.
Douglas L wrote:
Thank you Jim!
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I wonder if that would make a nice airshow lens.
Alright, last batch from the Langley show. Some of you may remember last year I spent quite a bit of time trying to have a good idea as to which jet from which direction will be in the front during the opposing passes and it was fairly accurate last year, for the most part I was tracking the jet that would be in the front during the pass. But for the TB show at Langley, I followed the same pattern but this time every single opposing pass I was tracking the jet that ended up in the back. . Maybe they changed the flight manual or I lost my mind....Show more →
I guess most here know this but two years ago it was explained to me that the Thunderbird F-16 with the upside down designation number ‘5’ is because that plane and its distaff(at the time) pilot spend more time being upside down during performances than the other planes and pilots.
Yup, Pitt's S2A, Skybolt, Citabria, Stearman, CAP10, Gene Soucy's Show Cat, T-6, T-38, F/16, F/18, and, there is an urban myth that I flew a Lear 24 inverted way back in 1974......................
I photographed this beautiful Global 5000 jet a couple of weeks ago for a client of mine. I don't get to photograph as many Global Express models, as I do Gulfstreams, but they are a sharp looking jet.
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