Rescue mission

Had an invite to go and watch and shoot Mountain Rescue and Rescue 936 Sikorsky heli on a training exercise in Snowdonia.
Was quite a job standing still let alone trying to hold the the camera steady with the downdraft from the rota blades.

Liked by pauljay stub

Uploaded19/05/2018 - 19:44

CategorySports / Action

BodyPENTAX K-5 II s

Shutter Speed1/200

Aperturef/8.0

LensSigma 17-50mm F2.8 EX DC OS HSM

ISO500

Focal Length43mm

Unique Views / Likes26/2

Tagssearchandrescue helicopter mountains snowdonia wales

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Date Taken	22/04/2018 - 11:04
Make	PENTAX
Model	PENTAX K-5 II s
Program Mode	Not Defined
Metering Mode	Multi-segment
Shutter Speed	1/200
Aperture	f/8.0
ISO	500
Focal Length	43mm
Lens	Sigma 17-50mm F2.8 EX DC OS HSM

1stEverPentax 1stEverPentax

1519 posts
15 years
Northwich,
Cheshire

Posted 19/05/2018 - 23:04 Link

Nice opportunity and a great shot Al.

I assumed it must have been taken with a medium telephoto...then saw 43mm! You must have been close.

Good to see you've kept some of the Pentax gear.

Regards

Karlo

AlJones2402 AlJones2402

714 posts
14 years
Al Jones2402

Posted 21/05/2018 - 09:42 Link

Yes quite close Karlo. Very blustery with the downdraft and lots of debris thrown around.

I'm keeping the K5iis and a couple of lenses as spare so my son can use when visiting.
I can't tempt you with the 150-450mm? produces excellent results. ; )
If I had a body to match such as the N***N 500 then I'd absolutely be keeping it.

Hope to catch up with you at some point.

1stEverPentax 1stEverPentax

1519 posts
15 years
Northwich,
Cheshire

Posted 21/05/2018 - 17:05 Link

Yep, hope to catch up too before long Al.

I'm just getting used to the 150-500...but it is a lump to cart about! My favoured range would be 100-400 or so.
The Sigma 120-400 would be pretty good if they still made it but that is about as far as i'd like to go size and weight wise for carting about.

Now, if I was taking shots from a photo hide of wildlife, then...