Air Tattoo RAF Fairford - Sigma 10-20???
W.r.t the 55-300, practice some panning shots beforehand, and get used to focusing it manually as the autofocus is rather too slow - especially for fast jets (and I would not bother with fast approaching aircraft unless you can sort out the manual focusing - even the bigger Sigmas have problems with that on Pentax bodies )
Yeovilton Static Display by Mike.Pursey, on Flickr
Yeovilton Static Display by Mike.Pursey, on Flickr
practice some panning shots beforehand
I'm hoping the F-35 will hover for a bit so I won't need to be that fast
Thanks for the great shots Mike no problems with too much sky and concrete there.
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Wow that's got to be some responsibility working on a Jet Fighter's software. It could be a little more problematic than a camera lockup
Its pretty mundane software to write, lots of restrictions and testing it to death, when problems make it to the aircraft they are usually because the requirements were wrong (but I would say that :lol
Having said that when it takes off at Fairford I'll be the one wearing a hard hat.
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Take the 10-20, I'd also probably take a 70-200, and maybe my 300 & the tele-converter for the added reach it will bring...
Haha and at least your there to tell them to switch it off and back on again
No just switch it off. Done
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I'd also probably take a 70-200, and maybe my 300 & the tele-converter for the added reach it will bring...
I've only got the 55-300 to play with, probably won't have much time to shoot the flying with my son with me anyway.
No just switch it off. Done
If I were flying it I wouldn't even do that, I'd have long since ejected
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