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Senna4ever 07-19-2009 10:15 PM

Abottsford Airshow
 
So, who wants to go?

Soundy 07-20-2009 07:58 AM

I'd love to... dunno if the budget will allow tho. What weekend does it go this year?

Senna4ever 07-20-2009 05:36 PM

August 7~9.

Boostslut 07-21-2009 01:14 PM

I'm most likely going on August 9th i believe if my schedule works out how i think.

Senna4ever 07-21-2009 06:49 PM

I'm going on the 9th. I will be taking the 5DmkII & 500mm if I can.

Boostslut 07-21-2009 07:05 PM

Very nice! For the airshow application, would you bring a crop and a 400mm or full frame? I was thinking a wide angle for static planes, and tele. I love the view-finder on the full frame with the 400, although the tracking ability of the 40D is better than the 5D.

Senna4ever 07-21-2009 10:41 PM

Shit, is the 5DmkII that bad? Maybe I'll bring the 1DsmkIII or maybe I'll bring the Nikon D700 & 500mm f4.

Boostslut 08-06-2009 01:10 PM

What setup should i take to the airshow? I have 5DII 40D, a 400mm, a 70-200mm. Which setup for in-flight? crop or full frame + 400? I was gonna go with the 5d + 17-40mm for static displays. :)

Senna please don't bring the Canon 500mm. If i see you i might just have to pick one up. You have no clue how bad i've been lusting over that lens. and a 1.4x. Yum!

Senna4ever 08-06-2009 04:12 PM

I'd say slap the 70-200 on the 40D and put the 400mm on the 5DmkII. The use the 5D + 17-40 for the static displays.

Are you going on Sunday? I'll be in the reserved seating area with workmates.

Boostslut 08-06-2009 06:53 PM

I've thought about going in the better seating myself to get a great view of everything, including taking off and landing. I love the photo's of the planes with their jet wash coming off the back. I'll have to look into that. :)

Thanks for the advice!

Senna4ever 08-06-2009 10:57 PM

Boot, you going Saturday or Sunday? Anyone else going?

Past airshow threads:
http://www.revscene.net/forums/abbot...7-t486713.html

http://www.revscene.net/forums/abbot...8-t541415.html

peazs 08-07-2009 11:03 PM

i'm going tomorrow. got some corporate chalet tickets. will be my first air show lol. don't got the range for shooting tho... so will just most likely try and take some and crop!

how do u guys go about shooting these? fast shutter speed or pan?

Senna4ever 08-07-2009 11:28 PM

Take at least a 200mm lens. With propeller driven aircraft, use a slower shutter speed of around 1/125 to blur the props....frozen props on a plane look wrong. With jets, I usually switch to aperture priority and shoot at f8. Remember to meter the planes, not the sky, unless you want to get some cool silhouette photos.

I'm going Sunday for sure.

Senna4ever 08-07-2009 11:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boostslut (Post 6536020)
Senna please don't bring the Canon 500mm. If i see you i might just have to pick one up. You have no clue how bad i've been lusting over that lens. and a 1.4x. Yum!

I've got the 1Ds mkIII + 500mm f4L IS for the weekend, so if you see me in the reserved seating area, come on over! :)

niforpix 08-08-2009 04:00 PM

I dunno if any of you have been to the Chilliwack air show before, but I went one year with my XTi (at the time) and my shit 70-300mm IS and I actually got some good shots.

Boostslut 08-08-2009 07:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Senna4ever (Post 6538142)
I've got the 1Ds mkIII + 500mm f4L IS for the weekend, so if you see me in the reserved seating area, come on over! :)

Senna, your killing me here! I'll be there with the g/f and a few friends so i'll do my best to make my way over! :) I dream of that thing in my sleep... *sighs*

Soundy 08-09-2009 08:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by niforpix (Post 6538756)
I dunno if any of you have been to the Chilliwack air show before, but I went one year with my XTi (at the time) and my shit 70-300mm IS and I actually got some good shots.

I got some good ones, too, with my old 75-300 on my 40D at the Pitt Meadows airshow this year. If it's a nice sunny day, you can usually get away pretty good with slower lenses.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boostslut (Post 6538906)
Senna, your killing me here! I'll be there with the g/f and a few friends so i'll do my best to make my way over! :) I dream of that thing in my sleep... *sighs*

Ha, don't take your g/f over there when Senna's waving his big thing around! :haha:

Senna4ever 08-09-2009 09:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boostslut (Post 6538906)
Senna, your killing me here! I'll be there with the g/f and a few friends so i'll do my best to make my way over! :) I dream of that thing in my sleep... *sighs*

I'm sitting in section 12, row 1, seat 4, in case you see this. I have the aforementioned gear, and my co-worker has a 50D + 400mm f5.6.

DC5-S 08-09-2009 08:31 PM

some photos I took today.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/40347275@N08/

niforpix 08-09-2009 08:36 PM

^^ Nice shot! :)

Boostslut 08-09-2009 09:05 PM

Here's a few that i got today :)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2652/...b1185f73_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2526/...3142957e_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3559/...47812b6b_o.jpg

It was a good show! Turned out to be really nice and warm later on in the day. It was nice to briefly meet Senna, and him fumbling around with his rig! I'll have more pictures up in the next few days!

Nice shots DC5-S!

DC5-S 08-09-2009 09:16 PM

thanks, ^ what range is your lense? those are some nice close ups

Senna4ever 08-09-2009 09:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boostslut (Post 6539982)
It was a good show! Turned out to be really nice and warm later on in the day. It was nice to briefly meet Senna, and him fumbling around with his rig! I'll have more pictures up in the next few days!

Nice shots DC5-S!

Yes, it was a good show, and yes, it was nice meeting you! You have the same pics as I do. Haha.. And I wasn't fumbling! I was just having some....temporary technical issues.... :willnill:

keitaro 08-09-2009 10:30 PM

I went on Saturday. The show this year was great. I only wish I had a ultra zoom.. heck even a real zoom lens. All I had was my kit 17-85 :(.

Senna4ever 08-09-2009 10:35 PM

I heard the cloud cover was really low on Friday and Saturday. It got warm and sunny today. The Snowbirds flew their regular routine, instead of their low cloud routine. :)


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