Asher Kelman said:
Nik,
So the result? Those guys got a backache, and you got some nice pictures with your Sony digicam. Those lenses are heavy, handheld. I'd hate to be dragging two monsters all day in the hot sun!
It was funny that you said that, Asher!
I spent there the whole show, the guy didn't take a single shot.
Well, it was Sunday, 2d day, maybe he was waiting for Golden Knights (para-divers), whose show was cancelled on the spot due to a high wind.
Asher Kelman said:
So what will you take this time?
Well, me being me, I'll take everything (which is not much, so I can do it
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For the display items I'll probably use my widest lens, EF-S 10-22. Fisheye would be good, but I don't have one :-(yet
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For the flights I'll be most likely shooting with EF 100-400L IS. Its AF works rather nicely in broad daylight. I plan using AI Servo and high-speed drive (Canon 30D, 5fps).
Asher Kelman said:
Also do the guys use big tripods with Wimberly sidekicks?
Asher
Nope.
Tripod is usually not an option in those shows, since no head can allow you to cover even the front half of the upper hemisphere quickly enough.
You see, those suckers fly faaaaast, and they fly everywhere, and they fly very close, so your angle changes by hundreds degrees within seconds. It's not like shooting an osprey slowly taking off from its nest. One second you hear the engine blast on the East, next thing you know the aircraft is on top of you, and another second later - it's long gone on the West...
So - no, no tripod this time (which sucks, cause I just got a new one
You simply need the arms of steel
HTH