Hi Chris
The 400mm really earned its keep in the tricky conditions, as I haven’t yet been to an air show to learn about the black art of aeroplane photography.
I arrived approx 10 mins before the scheduled time and quickly set up the tripod and Jobu Junior Gimbal Head. I managed to squeeze off a couple of shots of commercial jest taking off and metered of the dull, indistinct grey of some Port of Brisbane buildings that I judged to be approx mid-grey (i.e. 18% grey).
Then, it all happened so fast that you really had to have the settings dialled in (I used Manual) as it would be a bit risky to change too much in the relatively short time window – the jets were moving reasonably fast across the skies.
Not sure what settings the guy at work was using, although his jpgs looked really good.
Cheers
Dennis