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Good airshow lens?
Hi all,
Having unsuccessfully tried to use my Panasonic FZ7 and its appalling shutter lag especially when taking pictures of the flying, I've bitten the bullet purchased a Nikon D80 body. I would welcome recommendations for lens that will enable me to make the most of this camera for taking good clear images of aircraft on display. Cheers in advance, Pete |
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Hi Pete,
I got my D80 this spring for a trip to the UK to take in a couple of airshows and a number of museums. I got the Nikon 70-300Is lens and it is nice. But, for the serious photographer, probably something more in the 500mm range would be preferable. I could only afford the 70-300. The weather didn't cooperate for the UK airshows, so my photo's there were so-so. I did have a little better luck at Dayton a few weeks ago at the Dawn Patrol Rendezvous. The 70-300 is very nice, and the image stabilization is great! I really like my D80 too. The Dr1 is full scale. The DVII is RC Mike "Peter.D.Evans" orbscure.AT.hotmail.DOT.com wrote in message . 109.144... Hi all, Having unsuccessfully tried to use my Panasonic FZ7 and its appalling shutter lag especially when taking pictures of the flying, I've bitten the bullet purchased a Nikon D80 body. I would welcome recommendations for lens that will enable me to make the most of this camera for taking good clear images of aircraft on display. Cheers in advance, Pete |
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Oops, that didn't work. Try this.
"Mike Bealmear" wrote in message . .. Hi Pete, I got my D80 this spring for a trip to the UK to take in a couple of airshows and a number of museums. I got the Nikon 70-300Is lens and it is nice. But, for the serious photographer, probably something more in the 500mm range would be preferable. I could only afford the 70-300. The weather didn't cooperate for the UK airshows, so my photo's there were so-so. I did have a little better luck at Dayton a few weeks ago at the Dawn Patrol Rendezvous. The 70-300 is very nice, and the image stabilization is great! I really like my D80 too. The Dr1 is full scale. The DVII is RC Mike "Peter.D.Evans" orbscure.AT.hotmail.DOT.com wrote in message . 109.144... Hi all, Having unsuccessfully tried to use my Panasonic FZ7 and its appalling shutter lag especially when taking pictures of the flying, I've bitten the bullet purchased a Nikon D80 body. I would welcome recommendations for lens that will enable me to make the most of this camera for taking good clear images of aircraft on display. Cheers in advance, Pete |
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Well, I used to know to do this.
"Mike Bealmear" wrote in message . .. Oops, that didn't work. Try this. "Mike Bealmear" wrote in message . .. Hi Pete, I got my D80 this spring for a trip to the UK to take in a couple of airshows and a number of museums. I got the Nikon 70-300Is lens and it is nice. But, for the serious photographer, probably something more in the 500mm range would be preferable. I could only afford the 70-300. The weather didn't cooperate for the UK airshows, so my photo's there were so-so. I did have a little better luck at Dayton a few weeks ago at the Dawn Patrol Rendezvous. The 70-300 is very nice, and the image stabilization is great! I really like my D80 too. The Dr1 is full scale. The DVII is RC Mike "Peter.D.Evans" orbscure.AT.hotmail.DOT.com wrote in message . 109.144... Hi all, Having unsuccessfully tried to use my Panasonic FZ7 and its appalling shutter lag especially when taking pictures of the flying, I've bitten the bullet purchased a Nikon D80 body. I would welcome recommendations for lens that will enable me to make the most of this camera for taking good clear images of aircraft on display. Cheers in advance, Pete |
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Hi there Mike...
I got my D80 this spring for a trip to the UK to take in a couple of airshows and a number of museums. I got the Nikon 70-300Is lens and it is nice. But, for the serious photographer, probably something more in the 500mm range would be preferable. I could only afford the 70-300. The weather didn't cooperate for the UK airshows, so my photo's there were so-so. I did have a little better luck at Dayton a few weeks ago at the Dawn Patrol Rendezvous. The 70-300 is very nice, and the image stabilization is great! I really like my D80 too. Thanks for the feedback... I am planning, when funds allow, to purchase a Tamron SP AF200-500 to bridge the gap from 200 to 500mm, but to say that the subject of lens vs £££ (or $$$) is a minefield is the understatement of the century! The subject of light conditions here in the UK is about the only feature beyond my control but I am looking forward to trying out my D80 for the first time... Thanks again, Pete |
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Pete,
Here are a few more with the 70-300IS. These were taken at Old Warden/Shuttleworth Collection. "Peter.D.Evans" orbscure.AT.hotmail.DOT.com wrote in message . 109.144... Hi all, Having unsuccessfully tried to use my Panasonic FZ7 and its appalling shutter lag especially when taking pictures of the flying, I've bitten the bullet purchased a Nikon D80 body. I would welcome recommendations for lens that will enable me to make the most of this camera for taking good clear images of aircraft on display. Cheers in advance, Pete |
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Peter.D.Evans wrote:
Hi all, Having unsuccessfully tried to use my Panasonic FZ7 and its appalling shutter lag especially when taking pictures of the flying, I've bitten the bullet purchased a Nikon D80 body. I would welcome recommendations for lens that will enable me to make the most of this camera for taking good clear images of aircraft on display. Cheers in advance, Pete I have a Sigma 50-500 Bigma GREAT LENS A lot of people on Fencecheck have them they are light and have a great range and do not suck in dust. |
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I've been a lurker for years, but finally feel like I have something
worthwhile to comment on - and an aviation-related photo to go with it. I also have a Bigma. It's a terrific lens, especially on my new Canon 40D! I recently decided to sell my Nikon D70 and all the lenses, flashes, extension tubes and all the rest. The final straw was shooting the Cape Cod airshow with the D70 several weeks ago. I didn't have the Bigma for that show. I had the Sigma 170 - 500 mm, and I will issue a caution about both Sigma lenses. It turns out that they both focus BEYOND infinity. I had so much trouble with the Nikon D70 failing to autofocus quickly (hunting for focus), I set it to manual focus and spun the focus ring to infinity - or so I thought. It wasn't immediately obvious due to the severe haze - everything looked foggy anyway. About 250 shots later I discovered the error. VERY frustrating. So far, I really like the 40D and the Bigma. They're a great combination, if somewhat heavy. They focus very quickly and are a real joy to use. I expect it will work very well for my next airshow. Whatever lens you decide to get for airshows, make sure you get one with the high speed focus, i.e., USM. And pay attention to that focus ring if you decide to use manual focus! Attached is a shot of a hot air balloon rising up from the gorge in Quechee, Vermont. I sure wish I had this setup for the airshow... Charlie |
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Charlie wrote:
I've been a lurker for years, but finally feel like I have something worthwhile to comment on - and an aviation-related photo to go with it. I also have a Bigma. It's a terrific lens, especially on my new Canon 40D! I recently decided to sell my Nikon D70 and all the lenses, flashes, extension tubes and all the rest. The final straw was shooting the Cape Cod airshow with the D70 several weeks ago. I didn't have the Bigma for that show. I had the Sigma 170 - 500 mm, and I will issue a caution about both Sigma lenses. It turns out that they both focus BEYOND infinity. I had so much trouble with the Nikon D70 failing to autofocus quickly (hunting for focus), I set it to manual focus and spun the focus ring to infinity - or so I thought. It wasn't immediately obvious due to the severe haze - everything looked foggy anyway. About 250 shots later I discovered the error. VERY frustrating. So far, I really like the 40D and the Bigma. They're a great combination, if somewhat heavy. They focus very quickly and are a real joy to use. I expect it will work very well for my next airshow. Whatever lens you decide to get for airshows, make sure you get one with the high speed focus, i.e., USM. And pay attention to that focus ring if you decide to use manual focus! Attached is a shot of a hot air balloon rising up from the gorge in Quechee, Vermont. I sure wish I had this setup for the airshow... Charlie ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Apparently, I need to figure out how to make that image smaller... Charlie |
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Apparently, I need to figure out how to make that image smaller... Charlie Here you go. |
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