well done Atonov Biscuits.

Ken
parp

I was wondering how Moggy got the money for his new toy (the Ducati)

aerobatics on a motorcycle? is that not called ‘falling off’??? :diablo:

Scott, thanks for something different, didn’t manage to get over to talk to the re-enactors.

Ken

1. as a toddler, holidays at a caravan at Wemyss Bay on the Clyde coast

2. fond memories of friends and experiences

3. wanted to be a pilot when Igrew up, not achieve it yet (pilot or growing up)

4. grey trousers, blue t-shirt

5. chocolate hob-nobs

6. some would say breathing, probably picking my nose

To expand on my previous post, I also have the 18-70 and 70-300 from Nikon, so can’t comment on the Tamron lenses. Pointing it at the sky I’d expect some underexposure, but have found it requires approx +1 stop as a starting point. Still playing about, shooting and checking the histogram.

I was going to get the Nikon 80-400VR from my insurance payout (35mm cameras nicked), but discovered that the VR on this lens may not work on panning (is ok on normal handheld), so am about to order the 70-200VR F2.8 and the 2x teleconvertor instead.

Another thing that affects all enthusiast digital SLRs is wide angle lenses. The 1.5 multiplier means that a decent wide angle with wide aperture pushes the price up quite a bit.

No matter what DSLR you will fill up memory cards very easily, too easy keep clicking coupled with reasonably large files sizes. Depending on the settings it can be 2 to 5 Mb.

Only drawback so far has been muggins here holding the cam.

the red “bomb busrts” look like a poppy drop.

stunning shots, especially like the Spitfire shot in post #23 from the rear.

Ken

It took off at 1534 approx

[expletive deleted] I saw the Ryanair taxying for 31 as I drove round the bypass (A77), so I must have just missed it. ho hum, but thanks for the pics