Vaman From United States of America, joined Feb 2000, 328 posts, RR: 0 Posted (10 years 7 months 3 weeks 4 days 14 hours ago) and read 2188 times:
What is the typical zoom setting for all of you contrail masters. I don't think i can reach it with my 80-200 even if it does multiply by 1.5 on a D100.
Bruce From United States of America, joined May 1999, 5027 posts, RR: 17 Reply 1, posted (10 years 7 months 3 weeks 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 2133 times:
Well, I haven't had any luck with those shots so just as an observer, i would think 200mm would be enough to see a contrail. i can see them with my bare eyes. But if you have any hopes of seeing any detail on the plane, like a winglet, or logo, you'd better have a 500mm lens or more. I shot one contrail once, at the full 300mm, and all i could see was that it was a fairly long fuselage twin-engine with a "light colored" bottom...like a 757.
bruce
Bruce Leibowitz - Jackson, MS (KJAN) - Canon 50D/100-400L IS lens
The KLM 767 was shot at the full 500mm which with the 1.6x multiplier gave me 800mm
The LH A340 isn't the sharpest as I wasn't using centre spot focus.
This shot was taken with a Sigma 70-210, which coupled with the D30 produced a 336mm shot
Clickhappy From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 9459 posts, RR: 72 Reply 8, posted (10 years 7 months 3 weeks 3 days 22 hours ago) and read 2043 times:
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on the note of scanners, if anyone wants a good one look at the Maycom AR-108. I bought this big a$$ Radio Shack monster for $200 (since sold on eBay, breaking even) and then I saw the Maycom. What a little beauty!
Vaman From United States of America, joined Feb 2000, 328 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (10 years 7 months 3 weeks 2 days 12 hours ago) and read 1991 times:
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