Piers
I'm glad that you like the E-5, and of course I know that the lenses are lovely.
That looks like a Hawk, by its planform at least.
Did I ever tell you that I was the first solo student on the Hawk, back in 1977?
If you can access this (it's public) here is a shot of me after the sortie, a
20-min trip around Anglesey, culminating in a a 550kt whiz down the Menai
Straits:
<https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4450879283&set=a.4138779283.747.511529283&type=1&theater>
Again, halcyon days . . . :-)
Chris
On 13 Sep 2011, at 13:46, Piers Hemy wrote:
>
> I am very pleased indeed with the results from the weaker AA filter and the
> much better high-ISO performance. The LCD screen is hugely better, although
> I haven't noticed any improved AF performance (it may be there,
> nevertheless) and the art filters can be amusing, but the video capability
> is of no interest to me. E-3 weatherproofing and solid build quality are
> unchanged, of course. As an example (and picking up on Jim Nicholls' sedum
> image) here is a shot straight out of the camera except for i) Lightroom
> default sharpening, ii) cropping to 50% pixel dimensions (so it's 25% of the
> full image area) and iii) JPEG conversion and downsizing for web in
> Lightroom.
> 1/1500 @ f/5.6 with ISO 400 using the ZD14-54 with 1.4 TC at 76mm.
>
> http://www.hemy.me.uk/img/50-9085226.jpg - 280KB
> http://www.hemy.me.uk/img/20-9085226.jpg - 120KB
>
> And, for fun, this grab-shot is simply resized in PS, but otherwise an
> untouched "Large Normal" jpeg with "Dramatic Tone" filter applied in-camera,
> downsized for web in PS. Chris B might like to provide identification of the
> flying object.
> 1/1000 @ f/4.0 with ISO 200 using the ZD7-14 at 7mm.
>
> http://www.hemy.me.uk/img/10-9095363.jpg - 270KB
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