Hi
Well, some sun today and sometimes it even came out when you wanted it.
Despite the Catalina and Sally B going tech with engine problems , I though that much the flying today more than made up for it, especially Mark Linney in his absolutely super Sabre display which included a nice turn to the north east shortly after take off.
For he RAF, I thought the Typhoon display was very well demonstrated and at a very reasonable distance from the crowd line.
Visibility as very good. Apparently if you were in the air in the locality, you could see Canary Wharf from Duxford.
On a slightly more negative note, about two or three warbird aircraft only presented their undersides at the eastern end of the crowd line.
Nevertheless, congratulations to the organisers and those involved in the display.
Here are some of my pics. I will upload more over the next couple of days.
By: SEMAE - 20th May 2008 at 00:42
Some more from me.
Only the Chinook and racing planes were taken with the 100-400 lens.
By: SEMAE - 20th May 2008 at 00:12
Awesome shots!
Were you using your 500mm for most of them? I also have a 100-400 and I’m thinking of getting a prime. Not sure whether to go for a 300mm 2.8 IS and stick it on a 2x extender, or go for the 500mm.
Any advice would be much appreciated.
I used the 500mm lens for all the above shots.
I have a 120-200 F2.8 Sigma zoom which in itself is a very good lens but when I coupled it with a 2X converter some months ago, the focusing slowed down a lot. Also, when I download my images no matter how much sharpening I applied, the images all looked fuzzy and would never have looked good at high res.
I was also given advice by a person who owned a 500mm or 600mm Cannon lens to avoid a 2x converter but you should be okay with a 1.4 converter.
I would go for the 500mm lens. It is heavy but I can still hand hold it. It comes in a case but it is not exactly portable especially when you are also lugging a camera bag. However, when you are settled in a spot you can easily put the lens strap round and hang it like any other camera/lens combo (you use the lens strap, not the camera strap)
The effect of the weight on your arms is cumulative over a couple of hours but I had no problems at Duxford due to the ‘rest’ intervals between each aircraft passing.
By: SEMAE - 19th May 2008 at 23:40
Martin…a fantastic collection of photos for me to be envious of:mad:
I have just invested in some kit with a view to doing airshows and am very new to photography.I was at Duxford yesterday and my pics look very bland and flat although everything was on auto.I feel I got some nice angles but they look very unappealing.Would you be able to give any advice on camera settings etc to achieve the quality of shot you have shown.For your information yesterday I was using Olympus E410 + Sigma 50-500 lens on monopod all set on auto.
Many thanks Paul
First of all, you should not need to use a monopod. The Bigma/camera combination should be easy to hand old.
I normally set my camera for continuous shooting in AI servo. I believe on your camera it is called focus tracking. I also use evaluative metering. The equivalent on your camera would be the 49 zone sensing system.
For prop jobs I sometimes set ISO 100. For jets I use ISO 200. However if lighting is variable I use ISO200 for both. I also use shutter priority. For prop jobs the shutter speed I use can be anywhere from 320th a sec to 500th a sec depending on speed and the rate of maneuvering of the aircraft at the time. For jets, I use 1000th a sec. The aperture should take care of itself. Some people think a shutter speed of 500th a sec for prop jobs is too fast because it freezes the propeller but I still manage to get a decent amount of blur.
The rest may be down to post processing.
I am sure there re plenty of more peple on the forum who can give more advice but I hope this helps.
Wish you good shooting
Martin
By: Traumahawk - 19th May 2008 at 21:17
Duxford Spring Airshow 2008
Some great shots there, particularly like the Tucano.
Had a great time yesterday, I’m glad airshow season has finally arrived !
I flew in from Blackbushe (G-BPTE…anyone get any pix?) so missed the M11 rush, and also the convoy of planes taxiing for departure (quite weird having the south side to myself at a Duxford event!). The vis was quite good though a bit bumpy on the way there.
Below are some of my fav pix so far, I took around 1,800 so it will take me a while to go through and weed out the ones I don’t need (burst mode has its drawbacks!).
This was the first time I used the Bigma (Sigma 50-500) and my 40d at an airshow and experimented with different settings to see what worked best.
The Blue Peter team
I love this shot
Traumahawk
By: Global express - 19th May 2008 at 19:07
Awesome shots!
Were you using your 500mm for most of them? I also have a 100-400 and I’m thinking of getting a prime. Not sure whether to go for a 300mm 2.8 IS and stick it on a 2x extender, or go for the 500mm.
Any advice would be much appreciated.
By: Arabella-Cox - 19th May 2008 at 16:49
Martin…a fantastic collection of photos for me to be envious of:mad:
I have just invested in some kit with a view to doing airshows and am very new to photography.I was at Duxford yesterday and my pics look very bland and flat although everything was on auto.I feel I got some nice angles but they look very unappealing.Would you be able to give any advice on camera settings etc to achieve the quality of shot you have shown.For your information yesterday I was using Olympus E410 + Sigma 50-500 lens on monopod all set on auto.
Many thanks Paul
By: mike currill - 19th May 2008 at 11:01
Nice to see the Sea Hawk up and about again.
By: GliderSpit - 19th May 2008 at 06:54
Nice pictures Martin.
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