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Subject: Re: [OM] Telephoto reach, was Re: Back in the Fold
From: ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2019 22:23:21 +0100
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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