More fun at Dyess

a reply to: Zaphod58

Quick one Zaph . Do you shoot on auto or manual focus .

a reply to: hutch622

Manual. Only my 18-55 lens is auto capable. It kind of confuses me to use it anymore. Heh.

a reply to: Zaphod58

I dont have the opportunities you have in the US but i do live under the flight path for Adelaide airport and at times RAAF edinburgh . Missed a great shot of a globemaster flying down the street a couple of days ago . Approaching night , it was all lit up but plenty of light to see the plane . Oh well .

a reply to: Zaphod58

Lucky sod!!!

a reply to: hutch622

I'm getting a new lens towards the end of the month that's going to make it more fun. I'll be able to do corrosion checks on planes going overhead at altitude almost.

a reply to: Woody510

It's all about planning. We're picking up a load in Dallas today, but it's only 3 hours between the two, so we decided to just sit all day yesterday
We'll be gong by Mojave and Edwards on Monday with this load.

a reply to: Zaphod58

Nice going look forward to more pics. Boeing put a vid up on YouTube of a C17 doing the mach loop haven't managed to watch it all yet. Oh I'm off to Duxford tomorrow for the flying legends show so I'll put some pics up sunday night or Monday depending how tired I am.

a reply to: Woody510

There's a big Viper move through the UK next week, with some A-10s possible too.

a reply to: Zaphod58

I'll keep my eyes to the sky then. Haven't seen a F16 flying over here yet so that would be good.

a reply to: Zaphod58

I set the camera at 300 mm manual and pre set the focus to infinity . Just brought a 2X doubler but man that would require super steady hands .

a reply to: Woody510

There should be three flights, about 30-45 minutes apart. I'll check on the day but I think they said Monday.

a reply to: hutch622

I usually run just short of infinity, and just barely twitch it as they come by. My new one is a 500 so it'll be fun to see how it works driving by places.

a reply to: Zaphod58

Why are they are moving are they heading back for maintenance?

a reply to: Zaphod58

500 and driving . Good luck.lol . I set the focus on trees that are about a K away so probably just short of infinity as well now i think about it . Scoped Edinborough today and not much there but found a good spot .

a reply to: Woody510

Probably heading to Red Flag. The next class starts in about 10 days or so.

a reply to: hutch622

You'd be surprised. We've gotten pretty damn good at getting shots while driving. That lens will be pushing it, but I think we can get some decent shots.

a reply to: Zaphod58

Any euro fighters joining that? Just they've been really active the last week or so.

a reply to: Woody510

I don't think they are for this class. The July class tends to be US units, and see things involved that they prefer not showing off for others. The first and sometimes last class of the year see quite a few foreign units. I'll have to see the list for this one though to check.

a reply to: Zaphod58

At 300 i might take 5 shots for one really good one . Mind you it has to be perfect for me to put on here . At 600 i am thinking tripod shots only unless its really good light (winter now ) .

a reply to: hutch622

For now, I'm mostly going to be using the 500 for shots of Pinal, Mojave, and what we can see of the Edwards ramp when we go by. I'll keep the 300 for shots like these. I probably took 400 shots yesterday and am happy with about a third of them.