Classic British Flight Sim

Hi chaps,

I've learnt from the EMA newsgroup that the Whalejet is supposedly doing a flyby at EMA tomorrow (Monday) at 11:30 ish.

Can anyone confirm or destroy this theory for me please? I'm eager to trip there tomorrow and snap it if it's coming.

I believe it's due to overfly EMA and Sinfin (RR) sometime.. so is this it?

KR
Dan.

I heard that one was going to be based at Chester for some reason. I dunno if its true though.

Dan

Thanks for the H/U.

East Midlands Aviation Group newsgroup seems to consider it as a definite flyby at around 1130.

Since it isn't landing, anyone's guess as to the direction it will fly from (weather suggests 09 will be operational runway tomorrow).

I'll just have to hope it does a low flypast over my house.

Ian

From PPrune

Monday 26 March

East Midlands Airport 11.20 - 11.30
RR Derby 11.30 - 11.40
Landing at BAe Filton (Bristol) 12.20 - 12.30


Garry

Thanks chaps!

I guess I'll start charging my D70s battery now.

I've not used my 70-300mm lens in this sort of situation before.. any tips?

KR
Dan.

Pan!

You may already know this but just keep it in the viewfinder and press the shutter release.

From my days with a Zenith SLR, following the target was the key, and not trying to keep the camera stationary and capture it as it went past.

Not had my D70s very long but auto everything seems to work fine.

And holding down the shutter release on the D70s is like having a motor drive. :dance:

And digital has no film costs.

d0mokun wrote:Thanks chaps!

I guess I'll start charging my D70s battery now.

I've not used my 70-300mm lens in this sort of situation before.. any tips?

KR
Dan.

If you're not used to the equipment, I'd recommend sticking it on Shutter Priority, and having a high shutter speed (somewhere in the region of 1/500th-1/1000th). As it's only one pass, it's better to be safe and get a few nice clear shots, than ending up blurring each one because the shutter speed is too low. Of course, panning is key.

The general rule is - high shutter speed for jets, low for props (so you get a nice bit of blur on the propellor(s)).

So is it better to set the ISO, or leave it on auto?

For film I used 400 ISO and a fixed f8 aperture 450mm lens. So shutter speed had to look after itself.

These new fangled digital gadgets :roll:

I'm used to using my nice 35-70 lens but not the sigma 300 I picked up.

Thanks for the tips chaps!

I like the d70s but I do seem to get a lot of noise.. I guess that's me cocking up with the ISO though?

Dan.