Plane Photography

[delicate silo]

who cares

nobody is stealing planes to grt parts for iran

[dusk spindle]

That makes no sense at all😭😭😭

Tonapah or Groom Lake

Not sure where they are now a days

[sage cape]

both. The asbestos had been 90% removed through periodic upgrades over the years by the time they were buried.

[sage cape]

there’s a lot more to it than that…

[sage cape]

The only confirmed “retired” aircraft at tonopah are F-117s, ive been through a million forums about tonopah from the past 15 years and emerge seen F14s mentioned

[brittle bridge]

You know what Red Flag is?

https://www.nellis.af.mil/About/High-End-Training/Red-Flag-Nellis/

[sage cape]

yes he knows what red flag is lmao

You don’t seem to understand it on a very deep level however

[brittle bridge]

I’d love to go see it sometime

It’s not very close to me

[delicate silo]

theres no tomcsts at red flag

[sage cape]

I don’t understand what you even mean by “at red flag”

red flag isn’t a squadron or a wing

it’s an excercise

[delicate silo]

I also highly doubt any US pilot Flys a tomcat

[rotund heath]

There are none flyable period in this country they are all in museums or the boneyard. There would be zero reason to even have one flyable in secret. Unlike the F117 they offer nothing that cannot be learned or simulated on a newer aircraft.

[dusk spindle]

There are a few flight worthy still left lol

[dusk spindle]

I know a dude who got in a shit ton of trouble for spotting one of the tomcats back in 2013, they’re believed to be at tonapah and ive gotten a couple hints that they still have them there

[pine summit]

I know a dude who’s been flying F-47s at airshows for over a decade.

Fantastical and bullshit? Yes.

Anyone can tell or make up a story, so without proof, your claims are meaningless.

[delicate silo]

we have zero reason to still fly and hide tomcats

[uneven fog]

What could they legally get him in trouble for

[dusk spindle]

I gain nothing weather you believe me or not lol,

[dusk spindle]

He was somewhere he shouldn’t have been, because someone leaked flight info to him

[dusk spindle]

From what i know they haven’t flown in years, there’s just a few being kept in flying condition

[delicate silo]

why lol

makes no sense

[uneven fog]

Ah well yea that’ll get ya

[sage cape]

interesting

[dusk spindle]

Wish i knew

[rotund heath]

My uncle works at Nintendo vibes

[uneven fog]

Yall ever had problems taking a scanner thru tsa?

[dense totem]

They stole my scissors when I was 7

Was heartbroken

[flint smelt]

Yea one time.

[dusk spindle]

my dad actually flew into groomlake 🤓 ☝️

[rotund heath]

But did he see an F-14

[dusk spindle]

he know's people who have

he was working out of there pretty consistantly from early 2000s- 2010

[rotund heath]

lol

[glass charm]

This place is so cool

IM INSIDE A FUCKING DC3

[sage cape]

SAAM?

[glass charm]

Yep

[dense totem]

I've been there

Super cool

I've got a photo of the F-111 somewhere

[ripe void]

https://tenor.com/view/chris-farley-gif-billy-madison-gif-13318178528247875151

[ripe void]

An oldie from my stereoscopic camera, this was shot on lomochrome metropolis. For those unfamiliar with viewing these, you can cross your eyes until you see a third image where they overlap and it should make the 3d image (like the old magic eye images)

[dusk spindle]

I just have a headache now

[delicate silo]

Runway 15ft long lol

[viscid elbow]

If it works, it works 💁‍♂️

[sage cape]

need a bit of ethical help here. Took some awesome photos of a police chopper winching today. Some of my best work 100%. The bloke they were rescuing had jumped off a cliff, and unfortunately didn’t make it. I’m on the edge about posting it, since it seems a bit on the nose, and I don’t want to be disrespectful.

The majority of photos I took were them winching up their crew after retrieving and dropping off the body, I’m thinking of only posting those but idk

[flint smelt]

I would say yea go ahead. As long as you’re being respectful.

[rotund heath]

I personally would just stick to the ones of the crew. Just my 2c.

[delicate silo]

Hmm

I mean if it's just the crew I don't think there's any problems

[rare vector]

Meh

I wouldnt post it

[uneven fog]

Sheesh

What ss?

1/80?

[pine summit]

Also, for added difficulty, from the top of a 40’ scissor lift.

[acoustic oxide]

Do y’all think these would get accepted to jetphotos I’ve only tried posting there once and got rejected

[dense totem]

theyre really picky arent they

[acoustic oxide]

Yeah the first pic I tried to post on there wasn’t amazing but I didn’t expect to get rejected

[dense totem]

no they like everything a very certain vway

you cant edit either

[glass charm]

Yeah they're super certain about the way you do things

I gave up 💀

[dusk spindle]

C models are so photogenic

[pine summit]

Agreed.

[delicate silo]

Funny plane for the crop but it's not your fault

[sage cape]

It’s just a 4 x 4:5 crop for Insta

[uneven fog]

Me when I just make stuff up

[dense totem]

one of you fuck wits said it

I assume its just not major alterations to the background

Or the plane

[uneven fog]

Yea I don’t think you can over edit like crazy

[dense totem]

That's what I meant

Didn't word it great

[sage cape]

You really have zero creative freedom in your edits

[uneven fog]

Langley crash

It’s Rob Hollands plane

Not confirmed if we was flying it or not but I believe he was

[flint smelt]

They confirmed he was flying.

[uneven fog]

Where?

[flint smelt]

Sorry i meant to say unconfirmed reports that he was flying.

[uneven fog]

I believe he typically flies his own plane around

[ripe void]

Even with zero confirmation, someone has already edited his wiki

[flint smelt]

Yea, everyone on insta posted that he passed away.

[ripe void]

I guess probably true is good enough?

[flint smelt]

I guess so.

[uneven fog]

Saw that

[uneven fog]

All stemming from one tweet that misinterpreted something

I’m not saying I know he’s alive, but there’s been no confirmation yet

[flint smelt]

This is what they’re all posting.

[uneven fog]

They took that down

https://e3aviationassociation.com/in-loving-memory-of-rob-holland-a-hero-of-the-skies/

Oh they put it back

Shit

Is that link working for yall?

[flint smelt]

Not for me

[uneven fog]

💔

[flint smelt]

Just saw, RIP 🕊️

[thorny warren]

First vs latest a350 picture (i think its the same aircraft, not sure anymore)

[brittle bridge]

rip rob holland

[delicate silo]

[sage cape]

ANZAC Day

[viscid elbow]

Ooo. Number 3. Quite cool

[sage cape]

Something a bit different

It flew by coastal a bunch but not low at all

[dense totem]

please stop cropping just for instagram bro 🙏
please tell me these were horizontal at some point

[sage cape]

Yeh they’re all horizontal on my laptop

but I export them with Insta crops to my phone

[sage cape]

these are exponentially ass shots as well

not proud of them at all

[dense totem]

backlighting on the first one is fucking horrible

2 and 3 are pretty nice

I personally just don't like 1 and 4
5 is passable

I wouldn't post it if i took the photo is what I mean

Id make a silhouette out of the first one

[delicate silo]

6 isn't bad

Kinda cool

[uneven fog]

Special shirt flying today

[delicate silo]

🔥

[brittle bridge]

I need that shirt

Wish i got to see him perform

[delicate silo]

I got to see him once in stuart

Insanely impressive show, only got pics of him flying along side an f18 though

[brittle bridge]

All of the videos ive seen, the performance looks awesome

[delicate silo]

Yeah I just sat back and enjoyed the aerobatic shows

They were stunning and a nice way to cool down in-between shooting

Under an umbrella

[sage cape]

I love just sitting and watching those sorts of displays

They’re hard to get good photos of and it’s more fun to just chill and take it in

[stray blaze]

Anyone have any advice for cropping this?

[rotund heath]

crop more of the bottom? man fuck those websites and their redacted goofy requirements

[sage cape]

jetphotos and planespotters.net competing to see who can accept the most soul-wrenchingly boring photos and rejecting anything with an ounce of creativity

[stray blaze]

I will give that a try, thank you

[stray blaze]

100%, I agree with you - I just like seeing my photos on flightradar, but it's such a nightmare getting photos accepted

[rotund heath]

Time for us to band together to make our own

[stray blaze]

Pinkfroot seems like a decent alternative, seems a bit more relaxed with screening

[sage cape]

yeh, it is pretty cool. Only time I bother attempting to upload to those sites is if the rego doesnt have a photo for it yet

[delicate silo]

Ye

[delicate silo]

Looks centered to me maybe crop the bottom

[stray blaze]

Thank you, I will give that a try :)

[uneven fog]

Center it more vertically and give the nose more room

[stray blaze]

I'll have a play around, thank you 👍

[stray blaze]

A few of my best shots of my favourite fighter 🦅

[delicate silo]

Wso so far down

[stray blaze]

Yeah he does, good spot 💀

[delicate silo]

Why is he down there

Lol

[stray blaze]

I know, looks like a little kid lmao

[delicate silo]

Flying instrument

[delicate silo]

Lakenheath is such a cool place

[dusk spindle]

Sick shots, but don’t be afraid to lower the shutter 🙏

[sage cape]

most of those are 1/80 or 1/60

[dense totem]

You can prolly do 1/30

[flint smelt]

Probably one of the best commercial aviation liveries. 🤷‍♂️

[dusk spindle]

Maybe the first one but at 1/80 you’d have full disk on the tail rotor

Lock in and drop it to 1/5

[delicate silo]

first and last time I shot a blackhawk I was shooting 1/125th for this shot so yeah

tail rotor would probably be full at 1/80th

[little magnet]

First time in the Mach loop

[delicate silo]

Lovely

[sage cape]

yes sir 🙏🙏🙏

[uneven fog]

What pic you get second place on?

Ah I see now

Vandy

[uneven fog]

Anyone have any idea why Instagram is doing this? The first 2 are how the pics are regularly but Instagram is automatically cropping them in

[sage cape]

They look like they’d be fine for a swipe

Go to this page and click on the image and swipe through to make sure it is fine

[delicate silo]

Instagram is dumb you need same aspect ratio for all pics

I think

[delicate silo]

Try uploading on pc too it's different than phone

No music is allowed on pc though

[uneven fog]

I did it all in SCRL so they were all the same aspect ratio

Ended up just using a diff pic

[acoustic oxide]

What did I do wrong

[dusk spindle]

Grainy, soft maybe

[acoustic oxide]

Thank you

[uneven fog]

Don’t they give you reasons

[acoustic oxide]

Not this time they just deleted all the ones I had in queue

[delicate silo]

Are you sure??

[uneven fog]

Yes

You can only set one aspect ratio for the whole thing

[delicate silo]

Ye

Otherwise it crops it

[uneven fog]

I mean SCRL only sets one aspect ratio

So there’s no way they went into Instagram as different ones

[delicate silo]

Uh

I don't know what SCRL is

[brittle bridge]

Bruh what

Maybe grain?

Dust spots it looks like too

[uneven fog]

Turkish phantom almost ingested some dirt

Phantoms in 2025 btw

A jet used in Vietnam

[flint smelt]

It looked like he hit the ground at first.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJFMfqVMSvX/?igsh=azRhN2xqa3V0dnIz

[acoustic oxide]

I didn’t even notice those ty

[uneven fog]

Was kinda my thinking

Those phantom stabs are at a downward angle

Watching it again I don’t think they did actually

[delicate silo]

Sooo close

Doesn't look like anything hit

[marsh cedar]

Accidentally got this shot. When I looked at this pic I think of a wire walking plane.

[delicate silo]

Lol

[dusk spindle]

In honor of Turkey almost blowing the fuck up

[delicate silo]

nice pic

[pine summit]

Anyone else heading to Roswell in September? Just officially received media access for the races. Should be quite interesting…

[delicate silo]

I'm hoping to get down there

I thought i checked last month and there was no schedule or announced participants

[uneven fog]

Editing on my iPad so can’t do some of my usual stuff. Already excited to get home and edit these

[delicate silo]

Langly?

[uneven fog]

Fort Lauderdale

Langley was last weekend

[delicate silo]

Ah

Right

[uneven fog]

Blue angels did an extra practice today bc it’s their first remote show of the season

And the raptor came and did a couple passes

[delicate silo]

What do you mean remote

[uneven fog]

Not directly on the airfield

[delicate silo]

I honestly never edited my practice shots

Only went out for a day

[delicate silo]

Ah

[uneven fog]

on a beach instead of an airport

[delicate silo]

Makes sense

You get flares?

For the show

[uneven fog]

The couple F22 passes I saw didn’t, F22 demo commanders wife told me it was likely.

[delicate silo]

Ah nice

[uneven fog]

I missed some of the f22 so they might’ve when I didn’t see them

[delicate silo]

I doubt they practice with flares

Maybe

[uneven fog]

supposed to have an F15 intercept demo too so I bet they’ll use flares for that

[delicate silo]

Never seen them myself so that's why I asked

[uneven fog]

I saw the raptor in 23 here and they had em

[delicate silo]

W

[uneven fog]

First time the Raptor demo ever did a flare show actually

[delicate silo]

W

Still hoping I'm not stuck with 3 thunderbird showings

And something else is added

Lmk how lazz's show is compared to razz

[ripe void]

Polished some turds from my first (as an adult) airshow back in 2018. I wish I could go back in time and brain dump how to use a camera into younger me, thankfully I'm less bad now

[viscid elbow]

The second one don’t actually look that bad

[delicate silo]

B2!!

Alien looking design

[glass charm]

really cool

[delicate silo]

Got some cool shots in there

Should've tried a lower shutterspeed for a couple

Or maybe you did

[sage cape]

1/400 most of them

I would normally go about 1/100 ish, but it was a ridiculously windy day and I was at 600mm

wpuldve gotten two sharp shots the whole time

[delicate silo]

Do you have a tripod?

Could be worth trying one next time

[delicate silo]

Did you just follow them around

[sage cape]

I ran out of my house to get these shots

[delicate silo]

Oh cool

[sage cape]

they landed at an oval near my house, then I realised they were winching near a headland so I went to the headland

Fucked my feet over cause I wasn’t wearing shoes, ran about 2km on a trail to get to the headland

Worth it

[delicate silo]

Barefoot?

[sage cape]

yeh

[delicate silo]

..

[uneven fog]

Alright man 💔

Chat

I may have cooked

[delicate silo]

He may have cooked

🔥

[delicate silo]

1/4000

How is there any light

I could never

[uneven fog]

It’s so fuckin sunny

I could go to 1/8000 prob

[delicate silo]

Better be sharp

[brittle bridge]

🔥🔥🔥

[brittle bridge]

jeez man these are sweet

Keep up the good work

[delicate silo]

Love it

Where at?

[uneven fog]

Light edits cause I don’t have my pc

[delicate silo]

Holy soft raptor

Nice blues shots

[uneven fog]

Yea the R7 shits out when you start spamming the sensor 💔

I probably have a better one from there

[delicate silo]

How lol

[uneven fog]

We’ll see when I get home

[delicate silo]

Electronic ?

[uneven fog]

AF starts losing it

[delicate silo]

[uneven fog]

Nah I use first curtain shutter

[delicate silo]

Interesting

Id never get a sharp shot if that's the case

Spray and pray

At my 6.5 fps

[flint smelt]

Never use electronic on the R7 😂

[delicate silo]

that's how it goes for most cameras

(Z8 i love you)

[flint smelt]

I finally found out why there are so much f-35s coming through here 😂

[delicate silo]

Y

[flint smelt]

They’re rotating from CONUS to Japan and opposite. I guess for deployment.

[delicate silo]

Oh

[sage cape]

What lens do you have

[uneven fog]

RF100-400

[sage cape]

Interesting

I’ve heard big issues with third party ef lenses being used with a converter on the r7 but never native lenses

[delicate silo]

Nikon >

[sage cape]

RF is so incompetent

Until they get more lens and the autofocus 99% right it’s gonna be iffy

[brittle bridge]

Real

D850 next for me

[delicate silo]

z8 🤑

[brittle bridge]

Hell nah

[delicate silo]

d850 isnt a big leap tbh

more pixels

[brittle bridge]

Yes

45 pickles

[delicate silo]

I dont think 45 really matters tbh

for its price

its super pricey

[brittle bridge]

$1300

Imma buy one soon fr

[delicate silo]

why lol

[brittle bridge]

2nd body

24-70 and 70-200

Goated

[delicate silo]

get another 750 then

[brittle bridge]

No

[delicate silo]

y

[brittle bridge]

Cause 6.5fps

And 24mp

[dense totem]

24mp is great

[delicate silo]

the d850 IS like 8fps right

24mp is fine

imo

not a big difference between 48 and 24

[brittle bridge]

9

[delicate silo]

ah

not worth the extra 700 imo

[brittle bridge]

With d5 battery

[brittle bridge]

100% worth

[delicate silo]

3fps

lol

[brittle bridge]

45 pickles

[delicate silo]

2.5 fps

actually

[brittle bridge]

4fps from d3500

only other option I would consider would be D4s

[delicate silo]

you have the d750 though

[brittle bridge]

11fps

[brittle bridge]

sure do

[delicate silo]

just go mirrorless

lol

[brittle bridge]

Meh

Z6iii screen is ass

[delicate silo]

dont get the most expensive dslr nikon made

[brittle bridge]

that’s d6

[delicate silo]

ah well

yuk

[brittle bridge]

Overpriced

Sell D750 for D4s and D850

[brittle bridge]

Idek what mirrorless I would go to

Don’t really want z6iii

[delicate silo]

https://youtu.be/cZpsFd6sF_o?t=234 watch this timestamp

[brittle bridge]

it’s got the shit flippy screen

[delicate silo]

its basically the same

[brittle bridge]

Blah blah

Me want pickles

[delicate silo]

AWTCH THE VIDEO

ITS THE SAME IMAGE

[brittle bridge]

45 pickles for planes

awtch

[delicate silo]

..

d850 is not worth

[brittle bridge]

D850 one look better

[delicate silo]

you didnt watch the video

[brittle bridge]

try me

Yes I did

llama no d850

[delicate silo]

this is like the only time I wouldve noticed 48mb using the z8

[brittle bridge]

me want crop ability

24 pickles meh

[delicate silo]

I crop all day on the 24mps

[brittle bridge]

booooo

[delicate silo]

but whatever waste your money on a SLIGHTLY better camera for $1200

[brittle bridge]

[delicate silo]

spend the money on a longer lens

youll get more detail

than cropping

[brittle bridge]

What lens bruh

[delicate silo]

Idk your budget bruh

[brittle bridge]

Tell me what lens

A zoom lens

I’m not buying an 800mm prime

[dense totem]

loser

[brittle bridge]

I have 150-600 which is the longest Nikon zoom afaik

[delicate silo]

oh

why do you need more

lol

where are you shooting

[brittle bridge]

you literally told me I should buy a longer zoom lens instead of d850

[delicate silo]

I thought you had a 200mm

[brittle bridge]

I do

[delicate silo]

.. you said 200mm

not 600

[brittle bridge]

24-70 and 70-200 combo op

[delicate silo]

theres no reason you need to upgrade from 24 to 48 when you have a 600mm

[brittle bridge]

I’m keeping d750

d850 becomes main body then d750 as secondary

[delicate silo]

I dont think you need a backup but it is nice having two ready

[brittle bridge]

Especially at sports games 2 bodies would be very nice

So why not go 45mp if I can

[delicate silo]

so you can switch from to

[delicate silo]

over double the price

[uneven fog]

What do we think

Bro it’s soft again what the helly

[delicate silo]

SOFT

how

[flint smelt]

Peak R7 autofocus

😂😂😂

[delicate silo]

why do people spend $1400 on an R7 when it does that

[brittle bridge]

I think this is some from you smh

Why would I buy another 24mp camera when I could go 45

[delicate silo]

honestly im gonna go mirrorless

not worth going dslr from dslr

[brittle bridge]

Yeah let me get $3000 for a Z8

[delicate silo]

the canon only likes the blues

it makes the f22 soft

[brittle bridge]

Then $200 for FTZ II

[uneven fog]

Yea idk

[flint smelt]

Cuz its still good…

[delicate silo]

..

not when its soft

[uneven fog]

Next time I’d probably do like 1/2000

1/4000 might’ve been too much

[flint smelt]

Its like one of the best intermediate cameras canon offers..

[delicate silo]

canon sucks./..

(no idea)

[delicate silo]

I shoot like 1/1250

if suns good

I might try 1/2000th again

it didnt work out last time though

[uneven fog]

what aperture

[delicate silo]

it was my first time shooting jets and cloudy

[brittle bridge]

D850 also has 4k uhd

4k30

D750 only 1080p60

[delicate silo]

it worked out here but not in the second pic

I was dumb cause it was my first time shooting jets

or planes ig

[delicate silo]

go shoot video on a dslr and tell me how it goes

unless its like product or tripod video

[brittle bridge]

Great

Did baseball

[uneven fog]

It doesn’t fly

[delicate silo]

Fat amy 2.0

[uneven fog]

Shit it doesn’t even have an engine

[delicate silo]

real

[delicate silo]

welcome back x32

close enough

[brittle bridge]

I don’t have it off my sd card yet

[delicate silo]

I call that tripod cause a tripod wouldve worked better for it lol

[uneven fog]

All of my Raptor shots are soft what the fuck

[brittle bridge]

70-200 G2 stabilization

[brittle bridge]

What shutter speed and lens

[delicate silo]

canon hates the f22 confirmed

[uneven fog]

1/4k and the RF100-400

[brittle bridge]

Bruh what

I use 1/2000 and get great pics

[delicate silo]

1/1250

[uneven fog]

Maybe the raptor has anti photo technology

[delicate silo]

real

[uneven fog]

saw some guy with a 3 foot lens. I’m not profiling or anything but bro definitely sent those to China

[delicate silo]

nah 1/250th the goat

[delicate silo]

lol

[brittle bridge]

holy crop smh

[delicate silo]

idk if I want to try and finish editing this or not lol looks funky

and soft

cause it is

[brittle bridge]

How much of a crop is that and what lens

[dense totem]

blurry

[delicate silo]

180 - 600mm

[brittle bridge]

[delicate silo]

and big crop lol

[brittle bridge]

150-600 you mean?

[delicate silo]

180

[brittle bridge]

And that’s why I want d850

[delicate silo]

was taken at 520mm

[brittle bridge]

There’s no DSLR 180-600??

[delicate silo]

this ones not even soft

or if it is its VERY SLIGHTLY

its just lighting

[brittle bridge]

Are you on some drugs llama

[delicate silo]

no nikor z

[brittle bridge]

what body

[delicate silo]

z8

[brittle bridge]

Since when did you use z8 lmao

[delicate silo]

rented one

last year

[brittle bridge]

Ah

[delicate silo]

for stuart Airshow

[brittle bridge]

should of used faster ss

Smh

[delicate silo]

It was a sneak pass

and I was shooting the p51

[brittle bridge]

Smh

not paying attention

[brittle bridge]

How much $$ was it to rent

[delicate silo]

too much

dont regret it though

[brittle bridge]

how much usd

I should rent for Oshkosh

[delicate silo]

wish I could make it to oshkkosh

[brittle bridge]

Are you American?

[delicate silo]

ye

going on a trip though

same dates

[brittle bridge]

damn

Idk if I can go

[delicate silo]

gl

[brittle bridge]

I’m only 16 soooo

probably can’t go by myself

[delicate silo]

yeah

[brittle bridge]

it’s like a 7ish hour drive

[delicate silo]

I was told im not allowed to drive to las vagas alone lol which is fair

[brittle bridge]

I’d love to go

[brittle bridge]

where do you live

[delicate silo]

co

[brittle bridge]

ah

I’m supposed to be shooting this school play but it’s boring as hell

I have shot the same photos over and over

there’s no action whatsoever

Sitting here getting paid $30 lel

[delicate silo]

Doubt media apps are still open? lol might wanna try my luck

[delicate silo]

click click click

goes the d750

[dense totem]

thats a good name

[brittle bridge]

It’s great

[delicate silo]

what

[uneven fog]

Those actually aren’t that soft

Oh my god

I’ve been saving all of them at 90% quality

Fuckkk me

[delicate silo]

..

on the camera or lr or what

[delicate silo]

real mans camo

is blending in with the clouds

[uneven fog]

Lightroom to my phone

I knew they were looking a little degraded

[delicate silo]

ye

[uneven fog]

Raptors still soft for the most part

[brittle bridge]

When R5

[viscid elbow]

A slightly leaner version of that

[uneven fog]

RF100-500 first

Wait for the R5 mkii to fall in price

How’d I get cooked by a tractor

[dense totem]

i fucking love tractors

hell yeah

(i havent voted for either)

[uneven fog]

💔

tractors he’ll yeah but fighter jets fuck yeah

[dense totem]

dont mind if i do

[uneven fog]

alright pal

[delicate silo]

ye

[delicate silo]

bros vote is impossible to get I swear

[dense totem]

I havent voted in a while

[delicate silo]

average lexionas experience ngl

[dense totem]

I don't find many plane photos interesting

[delicate silo]

idk if theres a post of mine you havent downvoted

[dense totem]

I've upvotes quite a few

It's like a 50/50 split

It does depends on my mood

[delicate silo]

crazy

honestly I give most people upvotes never downvote though

[brittle bridge]

Lmao

[dense totem]

I'm the opposite

If I don't mind an image I just won't vote

[sage cape]

what the hellyburton

[delicate silo]

Hes cooked

[uneven fog]

Oh lawd

Those might be good when I get home to edit on my pc guys

Gobless

[delicate silo]

Canon literally hates the raptoor

Im convinced

I shot at 1/1600th today

I'll see how they turnout

[uneven fog]

Those are cropped in

And shooting into the sun

[delicate silo]

I crop everything

im a cropaholic

[delicate silo]

My goat

[pine summit]

Just wait til you start using CFExpress cards. Used two 512gb cards each day at Nellis. 1400 write, 1700 read.

[delicate silo]

yeah when I upgrade

only got sd card slots rn

[delicate silo]

ive filled 512 at airshows before

didnt take that many at nellis though

also wasnt a red flag

[pine summit]

31k shots during Saturday’s show, overshot on purpose. Found out that I will not be getting the R1. It’s okay, but rolling shutter is still an issue, even at high shutter speeds.

[delicate silo]

which cam?

also 31k I think id die going through those most ive shot is like 5-9

[pine summit]

Canon R1. If I had to pick now, between the R1, R3, and R5II, it would be the R5II.

[delicate silo]

ah

I honestly havent researched canon much but renting the Z8 it was madly impressive with the blackoutless shutter n stuff

[pine summit]

R1 has an incredible viewfinder. Feels good in the hands and zero battery life issues. But... rolling shutter and fewer megapixels hurts.

R3 has a better dynamic range (read: better in low light)

R5II was a nice mix. Way better battery life than the R5.

[delicate silo]

ah

I'm still amazed with battery life on everything ive tried the Z8 lasted an entire day and 9000 shots on a sigle battery

[pine summit]

The 31k shots on the R1 was a single battery.

[delicate silo]

ah nice

didnt fully test the z8 just what I shot that day lol

31k is super impressive

I think my d750 lasts about 3 - 4k

older batteries though

[uneven fog]

The R1 use sum other than the regular LP-E6

2 of em cause it almost has a built in battery grip?

[delicate silo]

how did you ever go through 31k lol

[pine summit]

It's built in, and essentially is two batteries in one. LP-E19

[pine summit]

Haven't edited many, but the first pass of deletions is complete.

[delicate silo]

ah

havent finished editing either of my 2 airshows lol just the main shots

[uneven fog]

I’m gonna have 4 days worth to edit when I get home

[delicate silo]

cooked

[pine summit]

Just a few to edit, covering three years

[delicate silo]

haha thats crazy

[uneven fog]

Oh to do what you do 💔

I have 2800 shots left on this card for a day of flying tmrw

Am I cooked

[sage cape]

maybe just don’t spam the trigger gng 💔

[uneven fog]

15fps gng 💔

[dense totem]

Did you really just say rolling shutter from the R1 lmao

[uneven fog]

What makes the R1 better than the R5ii

[pine summit]

Yes. And your point?

[uneven fog]

And the R3 better than the R5ii

[dense totem]

If you're complaining about the R1s readout speed how high are your standards

It doesn't get much better

[flint smelt]

R1 is the “flagship camera” I believe it has all the best features money can buy. Not sure.

[pine summit]

I don’t want buildings in the background to be slanted when shooting at high speed.

If my 5D4 can do it fine, then so should the supposed flagships.

[dense totem]

The readout speed of the R1 is 2.7ms???

what are you on

It causes almost no rolling shutter

fuck bro even the R50 doesn't make slanted buildings when I'm panning

[pine summit]

fwiw, I had it paired up with both the 400mm f/2.8 & 100-500 for testing.

The R1 is fine for low speed sports, but was never designed for multiple hundreds of mph.

[brittle bridge]

[dense totem]

0/10 ragebait bro

the R1 is the flagship sports camera

[pine summit]

Again, “sports” does not mean aviation.

[uneven fog]

Unfortunately I’m just not believing this

[uneven fog]

45mp for the R5ii 😶

[dense totem]

Alright buddy

[dense totem]

fair, but in my experience it hasn't caused any slanting

[dense totem]

And you're assuming that a 5dm4 will do better???

[uneven fog]

I put my R50 into EFC the day I bought it and it never came out of it

[dense totem]

I don't use electronic shutter

It's only a 30ms readout or something like that but the cons out weight the benefits

[uneven fog]

for almost the same fps

15 vs 12?

[dense totem]

extra 3
Not like it matters

The buffer is gonna fill up faster anyway

[pine summit]

So riddle me this - why buy a camera that doesn’t allow you to use all features without issues? Isn’t the point of mirrorless to be able to shoot without a shutter actuation?

[dense totem]

It's EFCS
not mechanical

[uneven fog]

Took me 2 months of owning the R7 to start using its larger buffer to full potential

[dense totem]

tbf I don't hit the buffer too often

[uneven fog]

I usually didn’t cause I’d take like 4 and then let it clear

And then just kept doing that

[dense totem]

I've got into the same habit

It works just fine

[uneven fog]

but when I switched to the R7 I was still doing it and then I realized I was able to do a lot more

[dense totem]

Cause it fits all my usecases?
Not everyone needs to top of the top to take decent photos

I paid for what I needed

I don't need the extra benefits a higher end camera boasts

[brittle bridge]

Fast action buddy

Theyre closely related

[sage cape]

the r1 still has 12fps in mechanical shutter like thats still insane

id kill for 12fps

[brittle bridge]

Solution: D5

[dense totem]

He's on canon

[sage cape]

this became fruition

coastal PC21 this arvo and I was buffering and had zero fps the entire time it was topside

[dense totem]

💔

12fps EFCS is nice on the R50

I didn't miss too many shots at Avalon

[uneven fog]

Meant to say it yesterday

Razz > Laz

Laz demo feels a bit boring

[delicate silo]

Rip

Was there a low ceiling

Or was it the full demo

Nobody can beat razz

[uneven fog]

Just ran almost a mile to see the blue angels

It started to thunder so I went back to my hotel room

Was just watching everyone leave

Had my scanner going just in case

Rain stops, I look at Adsb and see one of the mode c icons

At the same time I hear the scanner crackle and it’s BA1 “5 minutes out”

Rode elevator down and ran all the way back to my viewing area

Only missed 4 maneuvers

they ended up terminating right after the sneak pass due to more weather

[delicate silo]

Rip

[delicate silo]

Had to run walk 2 miles yesterday for these

[uneven fog]

Shut up kangaroo boy

[delicate silo]

Real

[pine summit]

A big part of the western Airshow community could use some help. Surgery to remove a massive tumor and two vertebrae was successful, but medical costs…

Read more: https://www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-mike-tysons-medical-and-recovery-fund

[sage cape]

😡😡😡

[dense totem]

we dont tolerate natu slander here

unless its towards the instagram crops 💯

[sage cape]

😃

[delicate silo]

Lexionas hate is tolerated

[dense totem]

💔

I downvoted like 4 photos bro 💔

[brittle bridge]

Stfu

Oh yeah z6iii time

not d850

[delicate silo]

Told ya

Iii doesn't look awesome but it's not bad either

[brittle bridge]

Really the only thing I hate is the screen on the z6iii

[delicate silo]

Personally didn't love the specs

[brittle bridge]

bruh like what

it’s great

[delicate silo]

I don't know when it came out i looked at it

Didn't seem like it was worth it imo

Ill look again rq

[delicate silo]

Bro casually doubled the budget

[brittle bridge]

Yes

[delicate silo]

Actually looks pretty good

[brittle bridge]

When camera upgrade

[brittle bridge]

yeah its nice

[delicate silo]

I don't know what i was thinking before

Looks like a great upgrade

With nearly all of the main features

Z8ii when lol

[brittle bridge]

Idek bro

Its a great cam

when upgrade llama

[delicate silo]

Idk

Ive put all my money in investments

So I'd have to sell some stuff

Also might keep waiting incase they want to make a z8ii

D750 honestly a bad cam

Biggest thing on the z8 is blackoutless and af imo

Ig touch screen is big too and bendable buttons

[brittle bridge]

bruh

[delicate silo]

Id rather wait then upgrade rn

I also don't know if i can even afford a z8

[uneven fog]

From this yesterday

[dusk spindle]

Dont really need cf express tbh

200 mb/s is plenty with compressed raw

[dusk spindle]

Go canon, trust me

[delicate silo]

NEVER

[dusk spindle]

I used to have a d850, and i got to try out the z8, z9 with a plethora of lenses and 100% would still switch to canon

R5 and 100-500 is the best quality for price you’ll find imo

[delicate silo]

I think the z8 is the best action camera rn

[dusk spindle]

The z8 is great camera but the nikkor lenes arent that great tbh

Unless youre wanting to drop 5k+ on a prime

[brittle bridge]

Z6iii close behind imo

[brittle bridge]

180-600 and 70-200 Z for example those are awesome lenses

[delicate silo]

Blackoutless is so good

[delicate silo]

The 180 - 600 isn't the sharpest but it's far sharper than my current lens

I was amazed

I also wouldn't buy a 500mm

Unless it was a great deal

600 is the best option

Try panning with and without blackoutless shutter

It's a major difference

[uneven fog]

Just got home and have started editing

Canon hates the raptor confirmed

canon also hates the blue angels on Sundays

[delicate silo]

Lol

Canon sucks it turns out

If it can't capture my beloved

[dusk spindle]

The 180-600 is so ass for the price and the 70-200 is way to short for aviation lol

[brittle bridge]

70-200 is doable

[uneven fog]

Not as a primary lens

[uneven fog]

This one is cool with the diver in the water

[dusk spindle]

For aviation? No lol

[brittle bridge]

[dusk spindle]

Unless your only shooting commercial them maybe you can get away with it

[brittle bridge]

yeah sure

it’s usable

[delicate silo]

2nd shot

You got trash lighting feels bad

[delicate silo]

How is it bad lol

Whats bad about the 180-600

Price is pretty good

Compared to other nikon lenses

And it covers 600mm

[brittle bridge]

Its a great lens

idk what this guy is on

[delicate silo]

Fr

It's not as sharp as a prime or something but it's great

Far sharper than my 2017 lens

Or whatever year

I know plenty of av photographers that use the 180-600 and recommend it

I've also used it and had no problems

Just a nikon hater

[brittle bridge]

fr

a lot of Z lenses are really awesome

Im excited to go into them

My bank account isnt tho

[delicate silo]

Lol

Z8 my goat

I wish it had a higher res viewfinder though

Going from mirror to screen does bring that downside

If it has preshoot in full raw and a higher res screen that'd be huge

Could have more dynamic range ig not a big deal though

[delicate silo]

Nikon also has a 100 - 400 z if I'm not mistaken

Slightly sharper than the 180-600

I think

[sage cape]

lmao not for anything cool

Maybe civvy spotting

[delicate silo]

Depends where you live

Europe it could work

[sage cape]

Only for ground shots

[delicate silo]

Or takeoff/landing

[sage cape]

There’s barely a place in the world youre shooting fighter jets where 200mm is enough

[delicate silo]

Takeoff

I shoot 100mm all the time when they're taking off

Or landing

[sage cape]

Any sort of unrestricted and that’s just not enough

[delicate silo]

400mm isn't enough lol

For unrestricted

[sage cape]

If you want to shoot aviation and are thinking about a 70-200 you can just buy a sigma 150-600

[delicate silo]

600 is goat

[delicate silo]

Yeah I wouldn't buy one for aviation

[sage cape]

400 prime definitely works from what I’ve seen

[delicate silo]

Unless you have a 600mm and alot of money

[delicate silo]

Depends on location ig

Id never use a prime

Way too many missed opportunities

[sage cape]

why not?

eh

[delicate silo]

As a 100-400 user

Id try the prime but wouldn't buy one if I had the money

[sage cape]

75% of the time I use my 150-600mm I’m at 600mm, and the other 25% I absolutely know I’ll be using the smaller end of my lens so o could just swap to it

[delicate silo]

I never have much of a clue

Unless ik what I'm spotting

[sage cape]

How do you not know what ur spotting?

[delicate silo]

And the departure they'll use

Departures change everything

[sage cape]

gang it only take 30 seconds to change lenses that’s heaps of time

[delicate silo]

I don't change

My camera is a dust magnet

[sage cape]

then youre doing something wrong

[delicate silo]

Im not

.

It gets dusty even with lenses on

I don't know how

The sensor

I've cleaned around it too

I don't switch unless I have to

Also the need to go further out than 100 is rare

[flint smelt]

The lighting he had for the F-22 is good for flares in my opinion.

[delicate silo]

Erm

I've seen better

lol

[flint smelt]

Lol

[delicate silo]

Id kill to see it in any condition

So not being rude

We don't get flares around here

Never seen one

[flint smelt]

Yea, i don’t think the f-22 can do flares as apart of their demo at k-bay due to the amount of trees and grass.

[delicate silo]

They burn up before they hit the ground

They don't go around starting forest fires in training

(I hope

[flint smelt]

According to chat gpt they do, lol 😂

[delicate silo]

Am cooked

Your chat gpt is on something

Or im.wromg

Lol

[flint smelt]

I think its on crack 😂

[delicate silo]

Lol

[flint smelt]

My glorious F-22 raptors

[delicate silo]

Glorious sun

I don't see no raptor

He gets the most feared jet in the world today as his average spot

[flint smelt]

Yes 🙌🙌

[sage cape]

I don’t see the F35 in those photos

[flint smelt]

All hail f-35 🙌🙌

[delicate silo]

NUH UH

Raptoor

Kangaroo boy

[dense totem]

f35 clears

Common knowledge

[delicate silo]

another bad opinion from my man

lol

[dense totem]

hold up I'll give you an even worse one
"Nikon is good"

[delicate silo]

It is

..

[dense totem]

Open for discussion

I am jealous of the third party lenses and prices in general tho

Maybe I just sell the canon stuff and go all in on my Nikon stuff

[delicate silo]

Yall don't get 3rd party lenses do you

Or many

[dense totem]

Not on RF

There's some for EF but not many

None for RF

[delicate silo]

Ah

[dense totem]

Only like 3 for RFS

Only reason RF mount is relevant is cause we can adapt EF

[delicate silo]

I've never tried a Canon but as a z8 glazer I will say it was great

It's not new new either

Pretty old as far as new stuff goes

[dense totem]

Depends on what stuff you try

Personally if the R50 had a bigger buffer it'd be such a perfect small action cam

Ergo and buffer are really the only two downsides of it

You get what you pay for tho, it's definitely capable

[delicate silo]

I love the big grips on the z8 and d750

I think the d750 feels better if I remember

[dense totem]

oh god there is zero grip on the R50

[delicate silo]

Send pic

[dense totem]

I can't imagine what it'll be like when I get a 150-600

[delicate silo]

I'm not familiar with Canon models

[delicate silo]

600mm is so nice

[dense totem]

smaller number = better in short

[delicate silo]

Dang

[dense totem]

I can only fit that top part of the finger on the grip

[delicate silo]

Oh lol

[dense totem]

so the R50 is the second lowest mirrorless body

[delicate silo]

Tiny

[dense totem]

R100 is waste

[delicate silo]

Ah

[dense totem]

yeah lmao

It's the height of a beer can when it's sideways

[delicate silo]

[dense totem]

Here's a photo from MFD

The camera with the battery and card weighs 350g

[delicate silo]

Omg it's so small

Truly pocketsize

[dense totem]

yeah it's great in that regard lol

[delicate silo]

The 600mm on that thing will look so funny lol

[dense totem]

I look forward to it lmao

[uneven fog]

Don’t tell this to an R8 user

[dense totem]

ig that's really the only exception

[uneven fog]

I don’t think you can say ones better than the other tbh

just depends what ur doing with it

[dusk spindle]

Its just mid, mediocre focusing, really soft past 450mm, the price is just jacked up because its a z mount

[rotund heath]

I'm sorry but you're smoking something

[dusk spindle]

I used to shoot nikon before I switched, im sure I have more experience using it than you, i also have a friend who switched from a z7ii and 180-600 to canon because of the performance

[dusk spindle]

I mean i used it for a solid month and im just saying what I’ve observed