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Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 L IS

04/05/2013 08:15:49 PM · #1

I am off to Lakeland, Florida on Monday to attend the annual Sun 'n Fun aviation gathering. This week long event is a marvelous opportunity to photograph amazing flying machines and to try out my new Nikon AF-S 80-400 mm ED VRII lens. The event manager called me this evening to tell me that I was the lucky winner of a $1,995.00 flight in a WWII vintage P51 Mustang. So, this should be a blast. If anyone else is attending this event, please let me know.

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kirbic

Canon EOS R5

04/05/2013 08:31:55 PM · #2

Darn you Morgan! Not only are you going somewhere warm, but you get to take a ride in a P51?? Oh, jealousy! ;-)

Sigma 12-24mm f/4.5-5.6 EX Aspherical DG HSM for Nikon

04/06/2013 02:38:08 PM · #3

Yes, I am going on Monday, but they are forecasting 29Â° C to 31Â° C for every day that I am there and that is way to hot for me spending the whole day out on the apron at Lakeland Regional Airport.

Sadly, I am overweight for the P51 flight, so I raffled it off to one of my Buttonville Flying Club members in support of a charity event and he will take the flight for me. Yet another reason to lose weight!

My plan is to now photograph his flight and then write a story about it all for a Canadian aviation magazine. More to follow.

bohemka

Nikon D700

04/06/2013 03:19:59 PM · #4

Originally posted by Morgan:

My plan is to now photograph his flight and then write a story about it all for a Canadian aviation magazine. More to follow.

Excellent. The charity bit as well. Nicely played. Besides... your 80-400mm wouldn't have fit! Priorities...

Gordon_1

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8

04/06/2013 03:31:34 PM · #5

Nice one Morgan that 80-400mm should get some good shots i saw a 600 mm for sale in the store the other day they were asking $11,500.

04/06/2013 04:37:51 PM · #6

Yes, this new AF-S 80-400mm f4.5-5.6G ED VR lens is huge and much bigger than the 12 year old predecessor that I traded in as part of the deal to buy it. It is even bigger than the new AF-S 70-200mm f2.8G VRII. It would hit the pilot in the back of the head, so it is better to use it from the ground. lol

Originally posted by bohemka:

Originally posted by Morgan:

My plan is to now photograph his flight and then write a story about it all for a Canadian aviation magazine. More to follow.

Excellent. The charity bit as well. Nicely played. Besides... your 80-400mm wouldn't have fit! Priorities...

04/14/2013 08:21:44 PM · #7

Here are two images taken with the new Nikkor 80-400 mm lens with the ED glass and the vibration reduction second generation, the speed of the focusing is dramatically improved over the original version. I shot these images this past week while attending the 2013 Sun n Fun aviation gathering in Lakeland, Florida.