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Post by stu on Oct 21, 2010 16:08:37 GMT 12
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Post by ErrolC on Dec 1, 2010 14:53:24 GMT 12
Weather is looking good to Peal Harbour Open Day on Sunday.
I'll get to try out my brand new Nikon D7000!!
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Post by Kereru on Dec 1, 2010 16:41:51 GMT 12
Weather is looking good to Peal Harbour Open Day on Sunday. I'll get to try out my brand new Nikon D7000!! Yes looking great Errol. I be interested to see the results from your D7000? Has a very good write up and considerable cheaper than D3S. www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/d7000.htmSee you there. Colin |
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Post by ErrolC on Dec 2, 2010 8:13:14 GMT 12
Weather is looking good to Peal Harbour Open Day on Sunday. I'll get to try out my brand new Nikon D7000!! Yes looking great Errol. I be interested to see the results from your D7000? Has a very good write up and considerable cheaper than D3S. www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/d7000.htmSee you there. Colin The dpreview.com review came out last night, I've only skimmed it so far. I don't have the glass to make full use of it (apart from the 50mm/1.8, which doesn't apply to most aviation shots!), but should get more keepers due to better AF, switches etc. Will you be on the NW side of the runway? |
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Post by Kereru on Dec 2, 2010 15:26:23 GMT 12
Yes after the sun moves over that way at around 11:00 this time of year.
Cheers
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2010 16:17:34 GMT 12
Looking forward to your photos, I can't make it have drawn the short straw for oncall and can't get a swap ..... hope its a great event for all
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Post by ErrolC on Dec 5, 2010 17:32:09 GMT 12
A good day out at a now-standard format Warbirds Open Day. Weather varied from just barely spitting to some mid-level cloud, so it got fairly warm at times. Chatted with Colin (Kereru), saw gavin C go by in the back of a couple of Harvards. Some initial photos Harvard Team  Ard10_0549_cr by errolgc, on Flickr Bug-eyed Cat  Ard10_0669_cr2 by errolgc, on Flickr Spit!  Ard10_0629_cr by errolgc, on Flickr  Ard10_0651_cr by errolgc, on Flickr |
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Post by stu on Dec 5, 2010 17:45:59 GMT 12
Just starting to wade through a ridiculous amount of (mainly blurry) photos but let me start by summing my impression of the day with one word....  More to come.... |
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Post by FlyingKiwi on Dec 5, 2010 19:04:44 GMT 12
Was a great day overall. I was helping out at the AAC stand so unfortunately I didn't get a chance to take any photos this time.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 5, 2010 19:30:09 GMT 12
Great stuff. More please for those of us who could not go.
Was anything out of the ordinary flying, such as the Venom maybe? (I know it's based at Ohakea, just wondering if it ventured up for the day)
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Post by fwx on Dec 5, 2010 19:31:29 GMT 12
""I'll get to try out my brand new Nikon D7000!!""
You lucky sod, I have my eye on one of those - what were your first impressions? Unfortunately I was stuck at the (boys) cricket, otherwise you would have been welcome to try out my 70-300 VR on it.
Cheers,
Chris.
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Post by ErrolC on Dec 5, 2010 20:16:33 GMT 12
""I'll get to try out my brand new Nikon D7000!!"" You lucky sod, I have my eye on one of those - what were your first impressions? Unfortunately I was stuck at the (boys) cricket, otherwise you would have been welcome to try out my 70-300 VR on it. :-) I've got a 70-300 too which is OK, but definitely a potential limit on IQ for the D7000. Are you on a waiting list, Colin said Progear's is 5 long. Auto-focus noticeably better than my D80 (surprise!!), hunts much less at max zoom. Controls aren't too much of a jump, but I haven't figured out how to show the 3 colour histograms yet. |
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Post by fwx on Dec 5, 2010 20:22:19 GMT 12
Mine is more of a brownie points list with Mrs fwx .... hoping Santa might be kind!
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Post by ErrolC on Dec 5, 2010 20:27:19 GMT 12
Great stuff. More please for those of us who could not go. Was anything out of the ordinary flying, such as the Venom maybe? (I know it's based at Ohakea, just wondering if it ventured up for the day) The nice new (for Ardmore) Albatros displayed, and there was a pretty cool glider display. |
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Post by fauville on Dec 5, 2010 20:44:50 GMT 12
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Post by stu on Dec 5, 2010 21:48:43 GMT 12
Excellent photos everyone  I was only there long enough to see the 12:30 display but managed to get quite a few shots during it - hooray for 12GB worth of memory cards and a 1% hit ratio  I've put some shots up on my Facebook page, hopefully the album can be publicly accessed via this link... www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=244957&id=756702583&l=3def03517eCheers, Stu - a.k.a. Helen Keller Photographic Services. p.s. ignore the first few airliner photos - they were taken at Ruapuna. |
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Post by Ykato on Dec 6, 2010 10:37:16 GMT 12
Great photo's Errolc, Stu & Fauville all Great - Cheers
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Post by Kereru on Dec 6, 2010 12:48:56 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 6, 2010 13:30:56 GMT 12
Fantastic photos! All of them!!
Stu you got some really cracking shots there mate. And Colin, I really like the stacked Harvards coming straight at your camera. Well done guys.
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Dec 6, 2010 14:38:19 GMT 12
Now I know why ZK-DAK and a Harvard were flying in close formation over downtown Auckland just before lunchtime yesterday.
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