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Douglas L wrote:
gerov wrote:
Interesting setup, Douglas. Are you trying to compete with the Japanese tourist who shows up at the dam every year with three superteles on a bar mount?? 
And beautiful images!
Thanks Gero, I haven't seen that guy for several years. I have seen 4 or 5 guys with dual cameras/lenses setup like the picture I posted, one for video one for still. Some years ago there was this guy who had a crazy setup like an anti-aircraft gun, he sat on the platform that could rotate. I am waiting for my other Sony A1II to be delivered next week before I want to try it. I received the dual gimbal head last week.
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Ray Swindle wrote:
OK Douglas...You have my attention! I will be waiting the results.
Thanks Ray. Will see how it goes.. Problem is, I have never edited videos.
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Danpbphoto wrote:
Douglas L wrote:
kwbarnes wrote:
Douglas L wrote:
Happy Thanksgiving to my US FM friends! 
I read somewhere that an organization (forgot the name) here in the US just bought an F-4, rumor has it that it may be flying in airshows next year...
Are you referring to the Collings Foundation? You can see some of the work being done on the F-4 on the Diesel Thunder Aviation You Tube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/@DieselThunderAviation/videos
I think I saw somewhere that they are also on Rumble
I don't think it's the Collings Foundation, but interesting videos nevertheless. It's Starfighters International, as shown in Ray's link above. They also own airworthy F-104 Starfighter. One of their F-104s actually did a A2A for Aviation Photocrew at the Sun N Fun event in Florida in April this year.
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Danpbphoto wrote:
Douglas L wrote:
Ray Swindle wrote:
Douglas L wrote:
Happy Thanksgiving to my US FM friends!
I read somewhere that an organization (forgot the name) here in the US just bought an F-4, rumor has it that it may be flying in airshows next year...
Is this what you are referencing Douglas? Looks like they are buying a whole squadron of F-4s.
Starfighters International (a Kennedy Space Center-based company), is in the process of acquiring twelve ex-Republic of Korea Air Force F-4 Phantoms as of May 2025 for FAA registration and potential private operations, though their primary focus is research and space launches rather than airshows.
https://www.twz.com/air/f-4-phantoms-sought-by-private-space-launch-company
Yes, I think it's that company. Thanks for the link! Hopefully we will see one in the sky here next year.
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Danpbphoto wrote:
That Turkish F4 with colors is fantastic!
Dan
I have a few more Hellenic AF F-4 and Gripen from my trip to Belgium in Sept.
Here is a free but marvelous online magazine from the Belgium-based Aviation Photocrew, incredible video footages and photograph. I flew with them a couple times.
https://viewer.joomag.com/aviation-photocrew-magazine-edition-1-number-1-november-2025/0601480001764198576/p1
Just fantastic photography Douglas!
Dan
Thank you Dan!
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Ttown Aubie wrote:
Fabulous shots Douglas.
Thank you!
It will be almost 6 months before the next airshow I am planning to attend. . Next year, when it's practical, I may try shooting still photograph and video simultaneously in two cameras mounted on a dual gimbal head, with the 400-800mm lens on one camera for still, the 200-600 or 100-400 (still debating which) on another camera for video. I have never shot videos at airshows with cameras, except my phone. I don't want to miss getting still shots if I have only one camera and am shooting video with it. It will be something like this setup. Will see how it works. Will try it first for bald eagles at Conowingo.I have seen a few guys doing this for eagles.
Geez a lou Douglas! Looks like some kind of mounted "cannons" ready for action!
Hope it works out for you!
Great looking setup!
Dan
Will find out how it works soon, Dan!
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JWilsonphoto wrote:
That will be a very interesting experiment Douglas. Wonder how the focus tracking will behave on the one you aren't looking through? Better have spotters right and left or you will be taking out photographers as you pan................
Jim, after seeing similar setups at Conowingo, I made a crude dual camera holder myself several years ago, before there were dual gimbal head available on the market, the problem of my self-made setup is, both cameras/lenses are pointing parallelly, so they aren't focus on the same thing! With the dual gimbal head I showed, the direction of the cameras can be adjusted up to 15 degrees horizontally, so the cameras can be adjusted to point at the same spot like the center of an "X", I think one of the lenses needs to be shorter so when the subject passes the center of the "X" towards the photographer, it can be still in the frame of the short lens for video. There will be a great deal of trial and error. I will be looking through the view finder of the camera for still shoots and let the camera for video do its own thing.
Talking about knocking other photogs off, here is a recent picture of Conowingo dam taken by some I know. This place gets really packed during the seasons, thanks for social media. People come from all over the country, some even come from Asia, to try their luck. The eagle activities have been exceedingly slow so far. I stopped by last week for 2 hours, only got a few shots of eagles in blue sky. I feel sorry for the folks who travelled from so far away only to witness little action.
Tomorrow I will try the 2X TC on the 600 f4 lens. The actions have mostly been on the other side of this wide river, a 2000mm lens and a 100 MP camera would do the job.
Douglas this is absolutely amazing all the photographers now there!!!
When Gero and I 1st started photographing the Conowingo eagles, maybe 3-5 photographers there at most. Most days I was the only one there. I go very early in the morning.
Quite an event it has turned into!
Great photography brother!
Dan
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