What lense?

I just purchased an Olympus E-510 DSLR.
What lense are most of you using for airshow photography?
Fixed focus or zoom?
Handheld or tripod mounted?

What's a "lense"?

"niceguy" wrote:
What's a "lense"?

Although the variant spelling ³lense² is listed in some dictionaries,
the standard spelling for those little disks that focus light is ³lens.²

Nikor 400mm f2.8 ED/IF AF on a Kodak Pro14n with Kenlabs Gyro, Manual focus
and exposure.


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What's a "lense"?

john smith wrote in news:468d060e$0$4658
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I just purchased an Olympus E-510 DSLR.
What lense are most of you using for airshow photography?
Fixed focus or zoom?
Handheld or tripod mounted?


Tamron makes a great 28-300mm zoom I use one on my Canon
as for the tripod It would tend to be an obstruction freely moving aroun
the airshow

"john smith" wrote in message
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I just purchased an Olympus E-510 DSLR.
What lense are most of you using for airshow photography?
Fixed focus or zoom?
Handheld or tripod mounted?

I use a Sigma 70-300 and I like it with my Canon 400D. No tripod.

Cheers,

Jim Morris

Jim Morris wrote:

"john smith" wrote in message
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I just purchased an Olympus E-510 DSLR.
What lense are most of you using for airshow photography?
Fixed focus or zoom?
Handheld or tripod mounted?

I use a Sigma 70-300 and I like it with my Canon 400D. No tripod.

Cheers,

Jim Morris

Hand job, eh?

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john smith wrote:

I just purchased an Olympus E-510 DSLR.
What lense are most of you using for airshow photography?
Fixed focus or zoom?
Handheld or tripod mounted?


Depends what you can find for that body

About 400mm is best but not fixed

I use the Sigma Bigma 50-500 and my Canon 75-300 for most shots

But I have CAnon bodies

john smith wrote:
I just purchased an Olympus E-510 DSLR.
What lense are most of you using for airshow photography?
Fixed focus or zoom?
Handheld or tripod mounted?

Maple1 wrote:
Depends what you can find for that body
About 400mm is best but not fixed
I use the Sigma Bigma 50-500 and my Canon 75-300 for most shots
But I have CAnon bodies

I purchased the two-lens kit. The lenses included are a 28-84 mm
auto-focus equivalent and an 80-300 mm auto-focus equivalent. They will
have a 140-600 mm auto-focus equivalent available in October.
I am awaiting the delivery of an adaptor that will allow me to use my
existing OM lenses. This will require use of manual setting and focusing
of the E-510.
One of the lenses I have is a 500 mm fixed f8 parabolic mirror. This
will become either a 750 mm or a 1000 mm equivalent lens on the E-510.
I am not yet certain what the conversion factor is for the 4/3 sensor.
Am I correct in believing that everything will be focused at infinity
during an airshow?

I gave serious consideration to a Canon because of the low noise at 800
ISO and above. The ability to use my existing lenses and improvements in
the E-510 over the E-500. became the deciding factors.

"john smith" wrote in message
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john smith wrote:
I just purchased an Olympus E-510 DSLR.
What lense are most of you using for airshow photography?
Fixed focus or zoom?
Handheld or tripod mounted?

Maple1 wrote:
Depends what you can find for that body
About 400mm is best but not fixed
I use the Sigma Bigma 50-500 and my Canon 75-300 for most shots
But I have CAnon bodies

I purchased the two-lens kit. The lenses included are a 28-84 mm
auto-focus equivalent and an 80-300 mm auto-focus equivalent. They will
have a 140-600 mm auto-focus equivalent available in October.
I am awaiting the delivery of an adaptor that will allow me to use my
existing OM lenses. This will require use of manual setting and focusing
of the E-510.
One of the lenses I have is a 500 mm fixed f8 parabolic mirror. This
will become either a 750 mm or a 1000 mm equivalent lens on the E-510.
I am not yet certain what the conversion factor is for the 4/3 sensor.
Am I correct in believing that everything will be focused at infinity
during an airshow?

I gave serious consideration to a Canon because of the low noise at 800
ISO and above. The ability to use my existing lenses and improvements in
the E-510 over the E-500. became the deciding factors.

I'm not sure how fast the auto-focus is on the Olympus, but I've had a
couple guys that shoot a lot of airshows recommend setting it to manual
since the distances you're shooting at will be out at your infinity range
anyway. I haven't shot any since I heard this so I can't relate any
experiences on it. Has anyone else ever done this?
Rob

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