A few weeks ago, I was trying to photograph seabirds in the air without much success and today I took a few shots of a passing air ambulance whilst waiting for the return of a Dakota that never reappeared

Since there have been some really good images of aircraft posted recently, I thought that I would ask for a few tips.

This one was taken as one of a few, single frame shots using autofocus.

Presumably it makes more sense to set the camera to infinity on the manual focus setting and to use continuous shooting, in the hope that a few will turn out o.k. :




Despite appearances, the sky was lead grey, much of the helicopter was in shadow and it was drizzling, so it has been tweaked a fair bit.

Good to hear your experiences John.

I have to say that I am still somewhat nervous about my cameras and water, mainly because mine are predominantly facing seawater.

I now realise that you are psychic, going to Norway the week before the competition topic is "On Ice"

I have seen that as well, just once in the past few days. But now it is back to the normal ads. (thankfully)

You do become accustomed to silence being the norm and then you put a Sigma lens back on and wonder where all the noise is coming from

Enjoy the lens

Glad that you guys in mainland Europe can enjoy the great prices and service from SRS.

I ordered my K20 from Chris on Wednesday afternoon and it arrived at work on Thursday morning at 10.30

I have a 'cheapo' wired one and a 'cheapo' IR one, both bought from the Pentax User shop, when the genuine Pentax versions were unavailable.

They both work fine and being so cheap, I would not be too upset if I mislaid one - easy to do since they are so small.

I am glad that you had a successful day.

I also decided to buy a K20 body from Chris yesterday to beat the price rises. Hopefully it will arrive today.

It is just as well that you started your 'whinge' otherwise, we would not have found out what was happening or why or when

It is very useful having Chris as a forum member.

It seems to be a real minefield in mainland Europe

Glad that I am in the UK with Chris @ SRS just a telephone call away.

Chris,

Does this mean that there are still some available at the current price (£679) :