Spottersday Wittmund June 5 2012, a little different

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Re: Spottersday Wittmund June 5 2012, a little different

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Grayburn wrote:My new D800 camera body just arrived before the spottersday at Wittmund.
A nice opportunity to try-out those 36.8 Megapixels !

1/800 sec, f6.3, ISO 100, 24-70mm f2.8 @ 40mm, size 77.7Mb (RAW), no tripod was used

And here are three 100% crop images from that same picture...[/b]
Impressive, I just compaired it to my "old" Canon 5DII 21 MP and see more detail in yours. Probably you are able to sharpen it even a little more. Only wondering about the storage cards you need to keep you from changing it every few shots :wink: .
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Re: Spottersday Wittmund June 5 2012, a little different

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ebauer wrote:@Melvin85: why didn't you choose a few of your best pics to show? No offence, by the way! I try to bring it in a positive way. :wink:
Never enough pictures of phantoms. Keep them going! More, more, more..........
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Re: Spottersday Wittmund June 5 2012, a little different

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Redskin wrote:
Melvin85 wrote: Looking forward to the next year.
Huh, next year is the flyout of the F-4F and they will be scrapped :grumble:
So go and wash you mouth..... :lol:
Next year there is again a spottersday so read first the posts on airshow news!
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Re: Spottersday Wittmund June 5 2012, a little different

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Nice pictures of the Fabulous Phantom!
No action shots of this spooky bird?

I still don't understand why some people lie down on the tarmac in order to make a 'decent' picture? :?
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Redskin wrote:
Melvin85 wrote: Looking forward to the next year.
Huh, next year is the flyout of the F-4F and they will be scrapped :grumble:
So go and wash you mouth..... :lol:
Next year ?

It was my understanding June 30th of this year is the fly-away date (to Jever), with some sort of 'family-day' the day before.
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Nope, they will fly one more year.
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Re: Spottersday Wittmund June 5 2012, a little different

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cHabu wrote:
Next year ?

It was my understanding June 30th of this year is the fly-away date (to Jever), with some sort of 'family-day' the day before.
Be happy! Still one year to go before the last fabulous German Phantoms will leave the skies forever... :)
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ebauer wrote:
cHabu wrote:
Next year ?

It was my understanding June 30th of this year is the fly-away date (to Jever), with some sort of 'family-day' the day before.
Be happy! Still one year to go before the last fabulous German Phantoms will leave the skies forever... :)
Don't get me wrong, am very glad to hear this news.

Discovered a decent hotel just a few minutes from Wittmund AFB, so i might visit again this summer.
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Just one for now ;)

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Phantoms Forever!

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Re: Spottersday Wittmund June 5 2012, a little different

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Paveway wrote:I still don't understand why some people lie down on the tarmac in order to make a 'decent' picture? :?
Perspective, when you're close to an object a small increase/decrease in height can make a huge difference. It also means the tarmac is blurred due to a small depth of field and attracts attention on the object.
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Re: Spottersday Wittmund June 5 2012, a little different

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Here are a couple of my shots:

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and one from the very wet day after the spottersday:

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