Lens Length For RIAT?

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Lens Length For RIAT?

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Hey guys,girls

This year its the first time im visiting riat and i was wondering if i should bring my 150-600 or 70-300
And if anyone has some tips for riat would be nice to know aswell!

Greetz Jens

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70-300 will be ok for stuff on the runway, but anything flying and you'll be better off with the 150-600.
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A few of us try to meet up at the Wonderland Models stand - or similar central point - first thing on the Saturday (9 30ish) to put names to faces.
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iainpeden wrote:A few of us try to meet up at the Wonderland Models stand - or similar central point - first thing on the Saturday (9 30ish) to put names to faces.

Only there on sunday and monday My bad i might be going to duxford aswell tho!

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I use 150-500mm and don't tend to have any problems tbh
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150-600mm for anything flying
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Both....because whichever one you don't bring you will need! If you don't have a second camera body, buy, beg or steal one before then?

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Stagger2 wrote:Both....because whichever one you don't bring you will need! If you don't have a second camera body, buy, beg or steal one before then?


I have a d5300 might get the same one another time later this year!

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Canon wrote:150-600mm for anything flying


That just shows how far away aircraft in the flying display are now, crazy stuff. :dizzy:

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Just an aside, if you have have a crop sensor body, you may find that 150mm is not wide enough for formations / aerobatic teams.

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Big Eric wrote:That just shows how far away aircraft in the flying display are now, crazy stuff. :dizzy:

Not really.......I had a look back at my stuff from 2006/7 when I was using a Canon 100-400, most of the closest stuff was taken at between 170-250mm & the 400mm end was often too short.

ted633 wrote:Just an aside, if you have have a crop sensor body, you may find that 150mm is not wide enough for formations / aerobatic teams.

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In some cases, 70mm isn't wide enough....some of the formations & larger aircraft I've taken photos of are down around the 50-55mm mark ( with some even wider )
Not to mention that even 70mm isn't wide enough for most stuff in the static park.
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I use my trusted 50-500mm for the whole stay and get a good variety of shots which I am always happy with :-)
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JensSr wrote:Hey guys,girls

This year its the first time I'm visiting RIAT and i was wondering if i should bring my 150-600 or 70-300
And if anyone has some tips for RIAT would be nice to know aswell!

Greetz Jens


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