Is this a Pentaxian at Wings and Wheels?

Somehow I got this picture of a keen photographer and on close inspection it looks like a Pentax K II or 3. There were a few of us there but as usual outnumbered substantially by the ubiquitous Canikons, mostly with long and expensive grey lenses!




I should have taken my monopod but I got a few with which I am reasonably happy with.
















For some reason virtually all my wingwalker pictures were sharp but the darker planes were more hit and miss - must have something to do with the contrast.

Miles

Nice shots and yeah reckon that is a Pentax!

I like the the Bulldog - it's a great view into the cockpit.

I was there all day on Saturday, but was up one end in the driver's enclosure by the motoring paddock, and didn't see a single Pentax - just expensive canikon lenses.

Phil

Yeah, looks like a K7, K5 or K3 but what lens is that?

It really can only be one of the Sigmas - probably a 150-500mm or maybe 50-500mm I guess

They're nice close shots - what lens were you using? I did some of the air display at Oulton but nothing spectacular, and not as close up.

This was the first time I had used my DA*300 for planes. It was fine for single aircraft provided they were not immediately in front of me but where there was a group of aircraft I struggled to get them all into the frame. A zoom can be more flexible, although the IQ of the DA*300 is superior, I feel.

That might be it. Looking at your shots reminded me that I'd taken some of the stunt aircraft at Oulton this weekend, but nothing that close or that clear. That was with the Sigma 50-500, generally a good lens, but I was experimenting with exposure compensation after reading a critique on someone else's aircraft photos, so a lot were blown out anyway.

You may well be correct about the IQ on the fixed lens, I found that I was using the Sigma over the Tamron 70-300 more for the quality than the extra focal length, though sometimes there's not much in it.