Having used mine a bit more now, I can say that it’s a very good camera.

Ok, it’s never going to compare to a DSLR with a couple of thousand pounds worth of lenses to attach,
but it’s a very capable alternative. As I mentioned, auto-focus is something you need to master.
There is a manual focus option, but that isn’t particularly easy to use.

I managed to get this reasonable good picture of a Jay, taken at around 40ft away.

Having watched “The girl with the dragon tattoo” on TV a while back (The original Swedish version),
we have just watched the second in the Millennium trilogy, “The girl who played with fire”, and now
have the last one to watch “The girl who kicked the hornets nest”.

Very good films.

Not bad at all. What length of expose did you find most suitable ?

Did you use any filters ?

Nice set of pictures, and some interesting colour schemes.

No restrictions on photography ?, or were these all taken outside of the airport ?

I wonder how many of those aircraft are still flying ?

Was that a Varsity doing the drop ?

I don’t think it’s started yet, but it could be interesting.

http://www.dangerousflights.ca/

I expect the danger aspect will be overplayed, just a touch 🙂

A new series of Ice Pilots starts this Sunday too (30th)

Alan, it was the final flight of a Merchantman / Vanguard into Brooklands. But i believe the approach road had already been closed hence the resulting outcome was nowhere near as serious.

Much is said about spotters and photographers standing right underneath the flightpath of aircraft especially near the threshold, and some of these are members of this forum and should really know better by now.!

Rob

Ah yes, a Vanguard. Well it’s a bit like a Viscount 🙂

Regarding the spotters/swivels, they often seem to think that the general rules of safety don’t apply to them.