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MenendezDiego
October 12th, 2009, 20:38
With the news from Aerosoft announcing their FSX A-10, VRS on the base leg of their Super Hornet, and Milviz' recent announcment of an FSX Harrier, I thought I'd post some photos from this past weekends airshow

Hope you enjoy


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MenendezDiego
October 12th, 2009, 20:39
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Regards, Diego
N2056
October 12th, 2009, 20:41
Nice shots! :ernae:
MCDesigns
October 12th, 2009, 20:43
Man, great shots! this topic makes me think of one thing in FSX.............................COMBAT!!! :monkies:
JamesChams
October 12th, 2009, 20:55
:applause:
falcon409
October 12th, 2009, 21:14
Where was this Show?
MenendezDiego
October 12th, 2009, 21:16
Falcon Field, Peachtree Georgia. It was honestly a better show (photo wise) than the Robins AFB 2009 show.
Daube
October 13th, 2009, 00:47
Stupid me... When I saw the first pictures (of course without reading the text first), I just thought: "Wow this new Aerosoft A-10 looks really good, the photoreal textures are amazing, and look at this self-shadow, so precise.... no wait..." :bump:
Fantastic pictures, by the way ;)
Lewis-A2A
October 13th, 2009, 01:42
The Harrier looks so wrong without proper RAF Colours :kilroy:
jeansy
October 13th, 2009, 02:51
cool pics
BOOM
October 13th, 2009, 02:57
Fantastic shots!!!! Hey don't forget DCS A-10 Warthog.That should have all the combat you need!!:applause:
peter12213
October 13th, 2009, 03:28
The Harrier looks so wrong without proper RAF Colours :kilroy:

I have to say I agree, if a harrier is released with no RAF or FAA textures I'd be devistated!
jmig
October 13th, 2009, 03:38
I have to say I agree, if a harrier is released with no RAF or FAA textures I'd be devistated!

Since when is the Harrier British? ;)

Really nice pictures. I too am looking forward to these releases.
krazycolin
October 13th, 2009, 03:41
It is our intention to do a GR.9 as well as the AV-8BII+ so you will for sure get RAF paints.

kc.
Tweek
October 13th, 2009, 07:59
Since when is the Harrier British? ;)

Since the 1960's. :engel016:
Felixthreeone
October 13th, 2009, 09:30
I absolutely love the new harrier schemes with that dark gray on them....they just look tough!
JorisVandenBerghe
October 13th, 2009, 09:48
Magnificent. What shutter speed did you use ? And what lens and camera combo ? Here in Belgium you can't get really close to runways nor taxiways since the crash...it looks better in the US!
MenendezDiego
October 13th, 2009, 10:25
I love the Marine Harriers too :)

As for shutter speed, it was pretty cloudy (and I hate getting grain) so my ISO was at 100, shutter anywhere from 300-700, sigma 50-500mm, and Tamaron 28-75mm (or something like that).

Camera is a Nikon D2Xs
kilo delta
October 13th, 2009, 10:31
Great pics,MD.:applause: Must have a closer look at that Sigma 50-500mm as I'm needing a longer zoom (my longest zooms are a nikon 80-200mm f2.8 and nikon 70-300mm VR at present).
flyinjake
October 13th, 2009, 10:45
That was a great show on Sunday. We got there around noon and walked around for a while. Toured the C130, grabbed a biter to eat and sat down to watch the shows. The military aircraft were the best in my opinion. Loud, fast, and powerful! We forgot our cameras but yours look great.
peter12213
October 13th, 2009, 14:27
Since the 1960's. :engel016:

Yeah we invented the Harrier, Hawker Siddley aviation, the Harrier is a British design!
JorisVandenBerghe
October 14th, 2009, 05:05
Great pics,MD.:applause: Must have a closer look at that Sigma 50-500mm as I'm needing a longer zoom (my longest zooms are a nikon 80-200mm f2.8 and nikon 70-300mm VR at present).
I would rather take a look at a decent 400mm if I were you.

The posted pictures are fine, but the 50-500 'Bigma' is heavy, and not tack-sharp at certain focal lengths. At least, that's what I have read about it on certain photography forums...
MenendezDiego
October 14th, 2009, 05:52
I have to agree with you Joris, it's a great lens, which I recieved for my birthday, but she is HEAVY and a little quirky at certain focal lengths. Alot of great shots that could have been, but were just out of focus.
JorisVandenBerghe
October 14th, 2009, 06:00
I've just taken a look at Nikon's website...you have two choices: the 80-400, which isn't that good considered it's price (here in Belgium +/- 1500 euro's or more), and the 200-400 which has a less useful range but offers greatly improved quality over the other lens. But its price...6000 euro's at least, and probably more :kilroy:. I don't think anyone of us can afford it to buy such a lens...

For the time being I'm very happy with my 70-400G...:kilroy:
kilo delta
October 14th, 2009, 06:15
Cheers guys...guess I better start saving up...I suppose that I could always use a TC in the mean time. :monkies::kilroy::icon_lol:
Chris Sykes
October 15th, 2009, 04:40
It is our intention to do a GR.9 as well as the AV-8BII+ so you will for sure get RAF paints.

kc.

Can we have a T-12 twin seater Harrier please???
krazycolin
October 15th, 2009, 06:05
Sorry, no two seaters...
Matt Wynn
October 15th, 2009, 09:41
oooh the mighty Bigma! love that lens... and great photo's :ernae:

as for harrier yup, shes British designed, the Hawker P.1127 'Kestrel' was genesis for the harriers iconic shape, The RAF started with the GR.1's as the mainstay of CAS, then the US showed an interest and started building them under licence if i recall correctly... and now here we are at the GR.9/AV-8B Harrier II+ variant, the old girls come a long way in 40 years :ernae: still i prefer the shape of the SHARs :icon_lol:
peter12213
October 15th, 2009, 16:49
I couldn't agree more Matty mate the FRS 1 was my favourite with that dark bluey grey used in the falklands, but the FRS 2 was a mean looking bird too shame we sold them all, this typical government how dare they sell the best harriers we had lol!
Kiwikat
October 15th, 2009, 17:31
If the bigma doesn't fit the bill you could get a bigmos instead. It is improved over the bigma and has optical stabilization. A good copy is just as sharp as the 100-400 L which costs twice as much. :monkies:
Marlin
October 17th, 2009, 06:37
Awesome pictures, thanks for posting them all :applause:

Got more?
Quicksand
October 17th, 2009, 08:21
Outstanding photos, MD! Thanks for sharing them. You are a gifted photographer, to be sure.:medals::applause:
MenendezDiego
October 17th, 2009, 11:21
Thanks guys, Id like to start a web site showcasing some of the photos. I need to get a nikon 2.8 VR lens to really start getting some great photos.

Will post more once I'm back home with my PC

Regards, Diego