Hi David,
If you really want to make good shots at the race, will need
fast lenses! I´ll never use zoom lenses and never this rare
zoom that its maximum aperture goes to f 4.x or 5.x. If I were
you I´ll use one Winder2 for shooting at good stability and
if you could use one 180/2,8 (my favourite lens) you´ll never
be disappointed. You can use 1.4X Teleconverter with this lens
and you´ll have one 250/4!!! and of course everything Zuiko.
I worked with 135/3,5 but wide open is very soft and you won´t
get any close shot! Never buy zooms, they seem better lenses
because you have many focal lenght but they have slower f numbers
and they suffer from multiple aberrations, chromatic and spherical.
I have one OM4T 24/2 50/1,2 180/2,8 Winder2 and I can assure you
that I don´t need any more lenses to capture whatever moment.
I am searching two things for completing my equipment, the Zuiko
90/2 macro and one teleconverter 1.4X!!!
Hope this could help you for something and enjoy the race with
Zuiko lenses. ;-)
Best regards,
Dave
David McGriffy wrote:
>
> Howdy Y'all,
>
> I'm new to this list. You come highly recommended by Tom Scales, a fellow
> Austinite.
>
> My question is about a new lens for shooting the upcoming Reno Air
> Races. In the
> past I have used my trusty OM-1 with a cheap 135mm and this works OK. For the
> last couple of years though, I have had the chance to hang out with the
> pro's at the
> pylons and get the good angles, etc. They mostly shoot old Nikons and new
> Cannons with those huge lenses that make the camera look like an
> afterthought.
> Now, I will be carrying $15-20K worth of audio gear this year (mostly
> rented)(ask
> me about recording the sounds of air racing) but I can't afford to put that
> kind of
> money in to my camera gear. But I think I would like something a little
> longer.
>
> Looking on e-bay I see a very strange looking 190-430 Zoom (it's 16 inches
> long!)
> and a much more reasonable looking 85-200. The 200 isn't quite as long as I'd
> hoped but looks like a better lens.
>
> I'm thinking that I'll end up with a zoom, but I'll certainly listen to
> other advice. My
> constraints are: probably no more than about $250, and I have to be able to
> get my
> hands on it before I leave town on Sept. 7th.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> David McGriffy
> david@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://mcgriffy.com/
>
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