Hardgravity

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Hardgravity
Pleeeeeease no more....

.......my brain hurts.....

Comment by Hardgravity posted on Duxford Best of British Airshow 17/5/09 & 60-250mm at 19/05/2009 - 20:10

Hardgravity
Here we go again....


#1 Curtiss P40 (probably a Kittihawk)
#2 BAE Hawk
#3 North American P51D Mustang, Nice shot by the way
#4 C47 Dakota
#5 De Havilland Vampire, saw one of these flying over Davos in Switzerland some 8 years ago, in Swiss air force markings!

I think that's right....

Comment by Hardgravity posted on Duxford Best of British Airshow 17/5/09 & 60-250mm at 19/05/2009 - 19:07

Hardgravity
I'm not a real aviation geek, just built a lot of Airfix kits when I was a lad.

Comment by Hardgravity posted on Duxford Best of British Airshow 17/5/09 & 60-250mm at 19/05/2009 - 17:38

Hardgravity
Like the Gnats shot.

I remember the Red Arrows flying these back in 19....

Comment by Hardgravity posted on Duxford Best of British Airshow 17/5/09 at 19/05/2009 - 17:32

Hardgravity
#1 PBY Catalina
#2 (B25?) Mitchell
#3 no idea, some sort of glider?
#4 a pair of Spitfires (Mk9s I think)

That's my guess, nice shots Rob.

Comment by Hardgravity posted on Duxford Best of British Airshow 17/5/09 & 60-250mm at 19/05/2009 - 17:28

Hardgravity
iceblinker wrote:
Sometimes it's the other way round. Some primes come with a petal hood, some zooms have a round hood.

Petal hoods are no good with a rotating front element - as I recently discovered to my embarrassment (instead of thinking about it first).
Yep, been there!

What bugs me is not all lenses come with hoods. so what do you do then, buy petal hood or full one?



EDIT:

Just remembered this site.

Comment by Hardgravity posted on Dumb question of the day at 19/05/2009 - 17:19

Hardgravity
Quote:
Someone in another post about the new K7 mentioned that he would like a digital MX or LX... me too!
Don't go there Ken!

If Pentax produced such a body it would be hideously expensive due to the low demand.

The fact that I like using my MX as well as my 'idiot proof' K200d is irrelevant. I still need some basic knowledge to use both effectively.

Comment by Hardgravity posted on Do we still need photographic knowledge? at 19/05/2009 - 12:37

Hardgravity
Mike-P wrote:
Digital preview in viewfinder .. so thats liveview when looking through the viewfinder .. or not?
My old K110d has a preview in viewfinder option! I don't use it.

Comment by Hardgravity posted on Reak K-7 pictures at 19/05/2009 - 08:31

Hardgravity
Looks like the menu system from the K-m.

Comment by Hardgravity posted on Reak K-7 pictures at 19/05/2009 - 08:19

Hardgravity
A lot has been said in other posts about f8 sweet spots, so why do we have apertures as low as f1.4? Why is there a choice of shutter speeds?

It's easier to select 'idiot' mode sometimes( I know, I do!) than set up the camera. But the joy is setting things 'just right', trial and error help here, so do we still need photographic knowledge?

I say Yes.

Comment by Hardgravity posted on Do we still need photographic knowledge? at 19/05/2009 - 08:18

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