…The old friend being my Bigma! It packed up at LHR last September when myself and fellow photographer Jason Nicholls returned from Cyprus (as I’m sure Lance will remember, for I threw one immense paddy and stormed off to catch my train!) Rubbish weather and lack of money meant I haven’t been able to get it fixed until now but it arrived back yesterday, all happy and working, so I decided to take the ‘B’ camera to LBA today (350D + Bigma) and leave the 30D + L glass at home.
I have to say, having been used to the 70-200L I can tell the difference. With the Bigma I don’t quite get that absolute sharpness or that pretty much perfect exposure right out of the camera. Optically it simply isn’t as good, and that does show. What I do get, however, is one of the most versatile lens for shooting aviation in the world and one that frankly, is tremendous fun to use. I really did enjoy shooting with it today and in a way I’d forgotten just what a superb lens it is. I think for future UK aviation trips the combination of 70-200L and Bigma will be superb. I’m still searching for a lens that has the best combination of both lens’ qualities but so far the only one I’ve found is the 28-300L IS. Unfortunately I don’t have a spare £1500 sitting around!
Anyway, on with some photos. The first two (shot on the D50), show just what a superb day it was weather-wise and were taken at Yeadon Tarn, a wonderful spot literally right on the perimeter of the airport.
And this post’s random pic…
And finally…
I need say no more!
Thanks for looking!
Paul
By: Si Jones - 21st June 2008 at 20:21
Paul,
Some absolute stunners, glad the Bigma is back online…if you ever fancy a trip down to Newquay let me know!
Si
By: Ren Frew - 21st June 2008 at 11:50
Great selection there, tell me though…does anyone else think the Bmi Embraer 145 looks a bit like a Lockheed Starfighter when pictured from that angle…?:cool:
By: steve rowell - 21st June 2008 at 02:44
Wonderful pictures..always a pleasure viewing your stuff!
By: cal900 - 20th June 2008 at 17:36
Anyone else think the huge Yorkshire sign makes the plane look clutterd and smaller?
Like the BMI pic, what type of plane is that then? Embraer ERJ what?
By: Jet 22 - 20th June 2008 at 15:54
Nice shots.
Looks like you had brilliant weather up at the tarn. Nice to see the LS 752 which is branded Jet 2 New York. Wonder how that is configured now and how it will be configured come October time??
By: cloud_9 - 20th June 2008 at 11:21
Some excellent pics there Paul, although I must say my favorite is actually the Eastern Airways one, I love their latest livery!
Just a quick question, who is ‘Capital’ (the shot after the Flybe ERJ), are they actually an airline or possibly a charter operator?
By: PMN - 18th June 2008 at 22:40
Thankyou for your kind words, all!
Rlangham… Let me know if you need a guided tour of LBA when you move here. 🙂
Paul
By: Rlangham - 18th June 2008 at 21:19
Great shots, I was at LBA on the 10th (moving up to Leeds in September), nice airport and looking forward to spending a lot of time there, the JET2 colour scheme is great
By: A Spalding - 9th June 2008 at 21:57
Nice selection Paul, & great to see a couple of “other” shots from LBA!
Dougal.
By: tomfellows - 9th June 2008 at 10:55
Very nice, especially the crop on the last one!
By: Grey Area - 9th June 2008 at 09:43
There you go….. 🙂
By: PMN - 9th June 2008 at 09:11
Nice shots, mate.
And well done for cracking the secret of time travel, too.
The Nobel Prize is in the post, I presume. 😀
Why, thankyou!
And… Err… Any chance of correcting my mistake, o’ kind Moderateroror person? 😀
Paul
By: Grey Area - 9th June 2008 at 09:06
Nice shots, mate.
And well done for cracking the secret of time travel, too.
The Nobel Prize is in the post, I presume. 😀
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