Civilian Aviation

Morning all from a wet Norfolk.

Took a few high level shots last weekend at 2400mm so thought I would post up a couple up....

TC-JOL A330 THY
TC-JOL by Mike Burdett, on Flickr

PH-CKB B747 KLM Cargo
PH-CKB by Mike Burdett, on Flickr

D-ALPI A330 Air Berlin
D-ALPI by Mike Burdett, on Flickr

And a sneaky one
05-5144 C17 USAF
05-5144 by Mike Burdett, on Flickr

Still need to get more practice in to make these better.

Cheers

MB

how do you achieve 2,400 mm please?/

camera??

thanks

ph

pig hunter wrote:how do you achieve 2,400 mm please?/

camera??

thanks

ph

Hi Pig Hunter.

Well lets start with the easy bit shall we..........

Camera is a Canon EOS

Now to achieve the 2400mm I have a Sky-Watcher Telescope which when I connect my camera to it equals 1200mm. Which allow shots like this....
A7-AED by Mike Burdett, on Flickr

I then decided to purchase a 2x Barlow to make the telescope 2400mm and allow shots like this...
PH-CKB by Mike Burdett, on Flickr

It is all manual focus and with the air conditions you will end up deleting many images and saving a few.

Hope that helps a bit?

Mike B

Mike, I am amazed at just how sharp the images are. How do you keep the telescope steady as I assume it does not sit on a tripod. I find the concept of photographing aircraft at altitude fascinating.

Paul

'SPOT ON' ; )

Paul Zietsman wrote:Mike, I am amazed at just how sharp the images are. How do you keep the telescope steady as I assume it does not sit on a tripod. I find the concept of photographing aircraft at altitude fascinating.

Paul

Paul,

The scope is in a stand on the ground


Once you connect the camera it's hard to find the aircraft and the manual focus makes getting a sharp image difficult. I have only used this a few times and the panning and keeping the aircraft centered in the screen is hard work and will take lots of practice to get better.

I enjoy taking the photo's of the overflights it brings a different side to the hobby.

Mike B

I have a smaller version of that telescope for astronomy. It's difficult enough keeping stars, planets etc. in the frame as they move across the sky, so I can imagine how difficult it is to track an aircraft, plus keep it in focus and take the shots!

Thank you

that is pretty amazing

very clear shots for such an arrangements....

well done

ph

Don't often see such pics. Nice !!

Mike,

Thanks for the answer. It makes your images even more remarkable, you must have patience to have developed the skill.

Paul

Thanks all for the comments. Hope to share some more soon.

Paul Zietsman wrote:Mike,

Thanks for the answer. It makes your images even more remarkable, you must have patience to have developed the skill.

Paul

I have only used the 2x connection this once and It was all test work but happy they came out half decent. Hoping the weather gets better soon so I can practice some more.

Mike B