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<blockquote data-quote="mauckcg" data-source="post: 171668" data-attributes="member: 13944"><p>The airshow yesterday was fantastic. I had the 17-70 out first and experimented a bit to see how it would do.</p><p></p><p>I was unbelievably stoked to see my first F4F Wildcat in person. This particular one is the FM2 variety built by GM.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7291/9286586161_5d19805af4_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>36mm</p><p>ISO 100</p><p>F4</p><p>1/250s</p><p></p><p>There is only a little bit of purple fringing on the white bar behind the star on the body of the wing. Considering the bright sunlight with a reflective surface, I am really impressed with how little purple fringing I found on this picture.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7372/9289365832_4768dde71e_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>70mm</p><p>ISO 800</p><p>F4</p><p>1/640s</p><p>Macro shot of the engine builder plate i guess you would call it.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7456/9286591743_16b9bdb8ef_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>50mm</p><p>ISO 800</p><p>F4</p><p>1/160s</p><p>Another kind of macro shot at a different focal length than the previous image. Not a lick of purple fringing and the fine detail is pretty darn good. On the full res image you can see splattered bug guts in the cylinder vanes.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7292/9286596637_c6864d306e_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>17mm</p><p>ISO 100</p><p>F4</p><p>1/320s</p><p>Wide angle shot just to see what would happen.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7430/9289375932_6ba92800a2_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>17mm</p><p>ISO 100</p><p>F8</p><p>1/500s</p><p></p><p><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3823/9289378762_d600c42b49_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>38mm</p><p>ISO 100</p><p>F8</p><p>1/400s</p><p></p><p><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2808/9286583737_668fe1fc3e_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>62mm</p><p>ISO 100</p><p>F8</p><p>1/200</p><p></p><p><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3751/9286606615_b931fae259_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>70mm</p><p>ISO 100</p><p>F8</p><p>1/250s</p><p>On the full res image you can see the brush strokes left in the paint for this nose art.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7353/9286604613_b47fe4457e_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>70mm</p><p>ISO 100</p><p>F8</p><p>1/640s</p><p>I took another image framed exactly like this with my 70-200 2.8 VRII, and the too images are almost identical. The color reproduction between them is slightly different and thats it.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The airshow Saturday was a lot of fun. It was at a small local airport but it managed to have a pretty good selection of aircraft to photograph. The images above looked pretty good in the camera, but once i got them into Lightroom the level of detail in them was amazing. A couple of 70mm shots i did with both the 17-70 and my 70-200 VRII. There wasn't much of a difference that I could tell in Lightroom between the two. I'm extremely impressed with how the Sigma did and am very happy i chose it over the Nikon 16-85.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately I had to work today so i didn't make it out to the vintage race. But since this is Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix week. There will be car shows this week, next weekend, and the race in Schenley park next weekend. I should be able to get some shots in that aren't in screaming bright sunlight at 11am on an airfield at some point this week.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mauckcg, post: 171668, member: 13944"] The airshow yesterday was fantastic. I had the 17-70 out first and experimented a bit to see how it would do. I was unbelievably stoked to see my first F4F Wildcat in person. This particular one is the FM2 variety built by GM. [IMG]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7291/9286586161_5d19805af4_b.jpg[/IMG] 36mm ISO 100 F4 1/250s There is only a little bit of purple fringing on the white bar behind the star on the body of the wing. Considering the bright sunlight with a reflective surface, I am really impressed with how little purple fringing I found on this picture. [IMG]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7372/9289365832_4768dde71e_b.jpg[/IMG] 70mm ISO 800 F4 1/640s Macro shot of the engine builder plate i guess you would call it. [IMG]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7456/9286591743_16b9bdb8ef_b.jpg[/IMG] 50mm ISO 800 F4 1/160s Another kind of macro shot at a different focal length than the previous image. Not a lick of purple fringing and the fine detail is pretty darn good. On the full res image you can see splattered bug guts in the cylinder vanes. [IMG]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7292/9286596637_c6864d306e_b.jpg[/IMG] 17mm ISO 100 F4 1/320s Wide angle shot just to see what would happen. [IMG]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7430/9289375932_6ba92800a2_b.jpg[/IMG] 17mm ISO 100 F8 1/500s [IMG]http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3823/9289378762_d600c42b49_b.jpg[/IMG] 38mm ISO 100 F8 1/400s [IMG]http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2808/9286583737_668fe1fc3e_b.jpg[/IMG] 62mm ISO 100 F8 1/200 [IMG]http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3751/9286606615_b931fae259_b.jpg[/IMG] 70mm ISO 100 F8 1/250s On the full res image you can see the brush strokes left in the paint for this nose art. [IMG]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7353/9286604613_b47fe4457e_b.jpg[/IMG] 70mm ISO 100 F8 1/640s I took another image framed exactly like this with my 70-200 2.8 VRII, and the too images are almost identical. The color reproduction between them is slightly different and thats it. The airshow Saturday was a lot of fun. It was at a small local airport but it managed to have a pretty good selection of aircraft to photograph. The images above looked pretty good in the camera, but once i got them into Lightroom the level of detail in them was amazing. A couple of 70mm shots i did with both the 17-70 and my 70-200 VRII. There wasn't much of a difference that I could tell in Lightroom between the two. I'm extremely impressed with how the Sigma did and am very happy i chose it over the Nikon 16-85. Unfortunately I had to work today so i didn't make it out to the vintage race. But since this is Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix week. There will be car shows this week, next weekend, and the race in Schenley park next weekend. I should be able to get some shots in that aren't in screaming bright sunlight at 11am on an airfield at some point this week. [/QUOTE]
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