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I believe quite a few people wonder if this is a decent enough combo for an airshow vis-a-vis the AF speed so I thought I'd post my experience at Bournemouth Air Festival.
On the whole the setup performed fine and clearly my technique was the limiting factor but here are a few points:
AF acquisition was acceptable and once AF locked on it generally stayed there, not as quick as my D610 but then that was never 100% either.
I missed a few flybys as the lens has a habit of stalling at close focus when hunting against an empty sky, it was very hazy which didn't help.
As a result of this I would quite frequently pre-focus on one of the Navy ships
Using a slow shutter speed for blur props/rotors often meant dropping to f/22 which isn't ideal from a diffraction point of view so maybe a ND filter would be useful (although panning probably has as much an effect on sharpness so maybe not.
420mm (equivalent) is not really long enough for real close ups, certainly here at Bournemouth
9 FPS is great when trying to get blurred props as usually at least one of a seconds worth will be sharp
The white balance was constantly too cool, not sure why and not something I normally see with Olympus.
The new de-haze feature on Lightroom is really rather good
Anyway, here's a few shots:
1
Black Cats by Ned Awty, on Flickr
2
Red Arrows Smoking by Ned Awty, on Flickr
3
Red Arrows Split by Ned Awty, on Flickr
4
Bournemouth Air Festival by Ned Awty, on Flickr
5
Vulcan Bomber by Ned Awty, on Flickr
6
Sally B by Ned Awty, on Flickr
7
Typhoon by Ned Awty, on Flickr
8
Typhoon Landscape by Ned Awty, on Flickr
There are a few more on Flickr
On the whole the setup performed fine and clearly my technique was the limiting factor but here are a few points:
AF acquisition was acceptable and once AF locked on it generally stayed there, not as quick as my D610 but then that was never 100% either.
I missed a few flybys as the lens has a habit of stalling at close focus when hunting against an empty sky, it was very hazy which didn't help.
As a result of this I would quite frequently pre-focus on one of the Navy ships
Using a slow shutter speed for blur props/rotors often meant dropping to f/22 which isn't ideal from a diffraction point of view so maybe a ND filter would be useful (although panning probably has as much an effect on sharpness so maybe not.
420mm (equivalent) is not really long enough for real close ups, certainly here at Bournemouth
9 FPS is great when trying to get blurred props as usually at least one of a seconds worth will be sharp
The white balance was constantly too cool, not sure why and not something I normally see with Olympus.
The new de-haze feature on Lightroom is really rather good
Anyway, here's a few shots:
1
Black Cats by Ned Awty, on Flickr2
Red Arrows Smoking by Ned Awty, on Flickr3
Red Arrows Split by Ned Awty, on Flickr4
Bournemouth Air Festival by Ned Awty, on Flickr5
Vulcan Bomber by Ned Awty, on Flickr6
Sally B by Ned Awty, on Flickr7
Typhoon by Ned Awty, on Flickr8
Typhoon Landscape by Ned Awty, on FlickrThere are a few more on Flickr
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