D50 and setting sun @ Airshow for C&C

hi all
Had an awesome airshow this past Saturday.

Managed to grab one or two worth keeping I think? Some shots are similar, just showing the tracking ability of the ole D50 in low light is all.

C&C jolly welcome. Jolly banter welcome too.

1. 1 - Semi Silhouette of a retired Mirage Fighter jet.

D50, Sigma 100-300mm f/4@280mm,1/2000s,f/5.6

1. 2 - Mirage afterburner

D50,Sigma 100-300mm f/4@300mm,1/200s,f/4

1. 3 - Impala Trainer - Golden Light

D50,Sigma 100-300mm f/4@300mm,1/1600s,f/5.6

1. 4 - Impala Trainer a second or two earlier

D50,Sigma 100-300mm f/4@300mm,1/1000s,f/5.6

1. 5 - Impala and Hawk together

D50,Sigma 100-300mm f/4@150mm,1/2000s,f/5.6

1. 6 - Together again

D50,Sigma 100-300mm f/4@135mm,1/1600s,f/5.6

1. 7 - Another Mirage, different model this time

D50,Sigma 100-300mm f/4@300mm,1/250s,f/4 - handheld here. Should have gone to monopod round about now - lol

1. 8 - A brighter, slightly different composition on the sun going down on the glory days past

D50,Sigma 100-300mm f/4@300mm,1/640s,f/5.6

I was shooting next to a guy with a D2Xs and someone else with a Canon something. The Canon guy was shooting at I guess 6-8 fps at one point with the props flying by, and there I was thinking to myself, what good is 8fps at 1/2000s when motion needs to be shown for the props? I wanted to tell him, but hey, if machine gunning and zero artistry is your thing, enjoy . The D2Xs chap with a 70-300mm VR gave up shooting the sunset shots eventually. I never asked him why, but from his shutter sound I gather he was down to about 1/15s or so already.

Was a fun day indeed, will post more airshow pics as I get along PPing them (that is if anyone would like to see some more) ...

regards
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Very nice shots. Please post some more.

Thanks,
IB

That last shot is a keeper, very nice and atmospheric.

What props? those are jetplanes..

FolkeFiskmas said:

What props? those are jetplanes..

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I said:

The Canon guy was shooting at I guess 6-8 fps at one point with the props flying by, and there I was thinking to myself, what good is 8fps at 1/2000s when motion needs to be shown for the props?

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you may have missed;
1. At one point (IOW, a point in time, not specifically THIS point in time)

2. with the props flying by (a direct pointer to the fact that indeed, prop planes were actually flying by)
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Terrific BIF shots Kevin, lovin' 'Together Again' Great light to shoot in.

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thanks rufus. The light wasn't very favorable for shooting jet planes whizzing by tho
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You got very good pictures. The last one I like with that sunset going in the back.

Kevin,

What do you think you were doing differently that allowed you to continue shooting well after the fellow with the D2Xs had to quit?

I am trying to use the less automatic modes more often and am interested to learn what you did to continue to shoot as the conditions became more difficult.

Thanks,
Shawn

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.... Cool shots and story, D50's always pick up such nice reds, yellow and orange images.

Like you I am still shooting a D50 and love it..................;-)
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Jon in Thailand

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I,m not Kevin but I know one reason. The Sigma 100-300 lens is at F1:4 while cheaper lenses are at f1:5.6 at their longer end, which means that the sensor has more light to make use of. My dream lens is the Nikon 200-400 but it is many many more dollars than I can afford.

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Richard H.

thanks for jumping in there in my absence
1. f/4 vs f/5.6
2. -1.0 to -1.7EV comp in A mode, bring details back in PP
3. Monopod (which is moot as VR should do same)?
4. ISO of course
So about 3+ stops diff (1/15s vs 1/250s)

I think - lol
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So much for fancy-schmancy auto-focus systems such as Multi-CAM 2000, 3500, et al. As these shots show, give a good photographer one center cross-hatch sensor, some nice glass, then stand back boys and girls and watch him do his stuff!

Wonderful shots and thanks for posting examples of capabilities of the outdated and antiquated [sarcasm ] Multi-CAM 900!

most definitely the result would have been better with the same photographer setup AND then a 3500 cam module
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Love the delta wing Mirage!

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Ah Kevin,

The beautiful British Aerospace Hawk , built just down the road to me at Brough , and used by the world famous Red Arrows .

Lovely set of aircraft pics .
Sally
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