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May 26, 2008 at 9:31 pm in reply to: Glorious Goodwood air show 25-05-08. Sunny! #512242

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Thank you for your nice comments. Better luck next year.

A few more images from yesterday.

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May 26, 2008 at 9:09 pm in reply to: LMA Longhorsley #512246

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Very nice.

Martin

May 26, 2008 at 9:05 pm in reply to: Longhorsley 240508 #512254

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Lovely pictures. A few of them look like the real thing. Shame about the P38.

Martin

May 26, 2008 at 10:36 am in reply to: Glorious Goodwood air show 25-05-08. Sunny! #512478

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Unfortunately, according to Flightline UK, Goodwood has been cancelled today due to waterlogging.

May 26, 2008 at 1:45 am in reply to: XH558 Appearances? #1175109

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Cosford and Biggin Hill are out. There is a press release on the Biggin Hill show web site.

Target date for a show is now believed to be Waddington so I suppose Yeovilton is a possibility

Martin

May 25, 2008 at 12:31 am in reply to: Shuttleworth Evening Display 17th May #512516

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Super pictures. The 5th one is my favourite.

Martin

May 25, 2008 at 12:26 am in reply to: Have you lost two photo CD's of US aircraft? #512641

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Some nice images whoever owns them.

Martin

May 23, 2008 at 7:33 pm in reply to: Low Down at Duxford – Spring Show #512687

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Hello Brian

I like the RAF Hawk shot as well.

Excuse my ignorance, can someone explain one thing. I thought the Sea Hawk starting system had been modified yet it is still puffing smoke like a cartridge start.

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Martin

May 23, 2008 at 3:22 pm in reply to: Duxford Spring Airshow #512697

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Very nicw pictures. The Sea Hawk is the best for me.

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May 20, 2008 at 12:42 am in reply to: Duxford spring air show 18-05-2008 #512732

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Some more from me.

Only the Chinook and racing planes were taken with the 100-400 lens.

May 20, 2008 at 12:37 am in reply to: Duxford May 08 #512842

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Hi Gary.

Nice pics but the Hawk shot is the best I have see at a show for a very long time or ever.

Martin

May 20, 2008 at 12:31 am in reply to: Another Duxford (still non DSLR) #512845

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Nice images. I prefer the Hawk/Seafire and Spitfire formation.

Martin

May 20, 2008 at 12:12 am in reply to: Duxford spring air show 18-05-2008 #512851

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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.

May 19, 2008 at 11:40 pm in reply to: Duxford spring air show 18-05-2008 #512855

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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

May 12, 2008 at 8:33 pm in reply to: Role Demo Practice – RAF Waddington – 7th May 08 #513415

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Lovely shots.

The Tonka is one of the most beautiful A/c IMO. I was at Farnborough in ’74 when it was first shown to the public. It was called MRCA then.

Yes the Tonka is a lovely aircraft and the GR versions are amongst the best.
However, back in the 70s it was nicknamed Must Refurbish Canberra Again (MRCA)

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