Thank you, Jim. It’s a place where you can get really close to the aircraft as
it’s such a small airfield.
Chris
C M I Barker | Gamlingay
> On 27 Aug 2019, at 15:45, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Chris, I really liked the Old Warden series. Very nicely done!
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
>> On 8/27/2019 1:48 AM, ChrisB wrote:
>> That kit is tempting, Moose.
>>
>> I was at our local airfield for its annual air show on Sunday. In the past
>> I’ve manage some lovely shots because the crowd line has been very close to
>> the display line. Unfortunately, the crash of a Hunter T7 at Shoreham
>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Shoreham_Airshow_crash> a few years ago
>> has resulted in a tightening of those parameters, the result of which is
>> that the aircraft are further away and higher. My Fuji 50-230 zoom was not
>> enough and I had to perform much cropping:
>>
>> https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2612364043737893378
>>
>> Look at the extra shot below, of a P-51; it’s about 25% of the area of the
>> original. I could have done with a bit of “Moose Reach” that day.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> [For what it’s worth, the tightening of the parameters was not a useful
>> response to the accident. The pilot had not flown the Hunter much, had
>> flown a different aircraft for his Display Authorisation, and made mistakes
>> in the manoeuvre that he flew (a loop, albeit a bit cranked). The CAA still
>> allows pilots to receive DA flying a different aircraft (as far as I know)
>> and they don’t have to fly the same manoeuvres in their display anyway. The
>> changes would not have made the horrible crash any less likely]
>>
>>> On 26 Aug 19, at 23:18, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> I opted to go with GX9s, for my second in a lifetime, but possibly last,
>>> trip through Bhutan. The 20 MP sensor is a real, although small, step up.
>>> Compared to even the E-M1 II, it reveals a tiny bit more clean detail. To
>>> someone prone to shoot at 800 mm -e and crop to 100%, that's significant.
>>> ;-)
>>>
>>> Separate EV dial, improved menus, a physical AF/MF switch and other stuff
>>> that escapes me at the moment, as I've not used the GX85 for a while.
>>>
>>> One of the benefits of both models is Panny's "Dual IS". Where Oly has only
>>> a couple of OIS lenses, and one gets their, no doubt spectacular, "Sync IS"
>>> with those couple of lenses and the top end bodies, for lots-o-dosh, These
>>> bodies work IS cooperatively with all their OIS lenses.
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