Upcoming Warthog, Super Hornet, and Harrier

[peter12213]

Since the 1960's.

Yeah we invented the Harrier, Hawker Siddley aviation, the Harrier is a British design!

 

[JorisVandenBerghe]

Great pics,MD. 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]

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]

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 . 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...

 

[kilo delta]

Cheers guys...guess I better start saving up...I suppose that I could always use a TC in the mean time.

 

[Chris Sykes]

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]

Sorry, no two seaters...

 

[Matt Wynn]

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

 

[peter12213]

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]

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.

 

[Marlin]

Awesome pictures, thanks for posting them all

Got more?

 

[Quicksand]

Outstanding photos, MD! Thanks for sharing them. You are a gifted photographer, to be sure.

 

[MenendezDiego]

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