Wow, great pictures! Just wish I could take them as good....

ozzy72 wrote on Jul 28^th, 2007 at 3:24am:


Not really no.....I was playing with shutter speed to get some good prop blur, and managed it fantastically well .......along with wing blur, fuselage blur, tail blur.....roundel blur......

One came out 'interesting', if not good, I'll post it in a bit if I can overcome the shame      

Roughrider wrote on Jul 29^th, 2007 at 2:13pm:


I did much better here than I did at Duxford. I was mightily depressed with my efforst after the Flying Legends show......

For these shots I managed to get to the closest corner of the fence to where the aircraft were landing, no one was closer. I was shooting with the light behind me as the aircraft approached, and I mainly kept it really simple with the settings. As a result I got many more hits than Duxford. I think I got about a 15% hit ratio for sharp shots, which though not great is way better than Duxford was.

I need to practice more with slower shutter speeds, so as to blur the background a little, but all in all it was thoroughly enjoyable day.....

Am I happy with the camera? Unequivocally........the only problem is that it's making me lust after bigger and faster lenses

Steve