Unfortunately not - however, as a rule of thumb, a 500mm prime will be much sharper than a zoom lens. But I have no experience of these lenses I’m afraid!

That means you editing a .jpg. When you edit RAW files, you will get the Kelvin’s scale for temperature in Lightroom.

Obviously depends how far from the aircraft you are, but I think you wouldn’t need more than 300mm, probably only a 70-200mm

@@sturousephoto can you recommend me a Canon 70-200mm ef lense with good sharpness under 8 or 900€

Canon EOS 7D MkII

@@aviationtyler2879 is yours a 7D Mark II too?

@@sturousephoto no its a 70d,imm gessing thats why

@aviationtyler2879 yes I think it only has one custom mode on that camera - I think there’s only one C on the top dial whereas the 7D2 has C1 C2 C3.

@@sturousephoto also just wondering,whats the best camera mode to shoot in ?

@aviationtyler2879 I personally think manual but with auto ISO. It works really well for me!

Thank you very much!

There isn’t one really, certainly not a 400 canon prime. I suppose the nearest equivalent is the 100-400 zoom.

@@sturousephoto Thank you.

Thank you, much appreciated 👍🏻

Thank you, much appreciated! Great question - actually I ended up using the images captured with the 3-stop ND Grad. The images with the foreground poppies in sharp focus I thought were sufficiently sharp in the distance - not pin sharp but acceptably sharp to my eyes. So in short, no stacking or blending for the 3 sunrise shots, just the usual level of processing.

@@sturousephoto The image turned out really well. Whenever I've tried focus stacking on anything that moves plants, leaves on trees etc I've always struggled to get a decent blend

Thank you so much! 🙏🏻

Top tip! I’ll give it a go next time I’m over that way…..if the skies are on my side!

Thank you very much! 🙏🏻

Thank you! You’ve got to be in it to win it! Right place, right time and all that 👍🏻

Personally, I think if you’re just starting out I’d stick to the 75-300. When you feel like you need a longer focal length or better quality, that’s the time to upgrade. Use the 75-300 to practice your technique before investing any further. That’s what I’d suggest, for what it’s worth. Good luck, enjoy!

@@sturousephoto thanks for the advice!!

Yes sure. However, you’ll probably get noticeable atmospheric haze at that distance and altitude so you may find the quality disappointing. Maybe.

I had mine professionally calibrated and it didn’t really help I’m afraid to say. They used the tap in console to apply the calibrated corrections. I concluded that the lens is just too soft with too much unreliable focussing for my liking.

Tell me about it. I got lucky on eBay. Good luck, let me know how it goes! 👍🏻

Thank you! Yes, I’ll do my best for some more aviation videos but they’re more difficult to make than those for landscapes!

Thank you…They still sound great!!

That’s great - I have mine set to P3, if that’s any help.

Thanks 👍 yes, I think that’s my favourite too. Having the van certainly helps with two and three day trips!

Really good video, which shows the reality for most landscape photographers; namely we can't always be in the location at the precise date / time which shows it at its best It's good that you share your thoughts around problem solving and what images you are looking to create given the conditions Looking forward to more videos from your expeditions

Thank you! Yes it was a challenging day!

Thank you and welcome! Sure, those shots were all taken with a Canon 7DMkII and an EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L MkII.

Many thanks 👍🏻

Yes it does - almost no cropping at all for the majority of those shots - mostly just cropping for fine tuning of composition rather than cropping to zoom in.

Many thanks @myoldfruit1 - If you look closely at the reflections, it’s actually cars in the Purple Parking car park! Great, do try that biodiversity site for 27L departures. I was using my 70-200 on the 7DmkII both there and on the north side. Cheers 👍🏻

Thank you very much! Yes, that A380 looks great in those colours!

Thanks Andrew. Definitely worth going and investigating the options these days! The joke of it is there’s a kind of viewing grandstand (if you can even remotely call it that) by the Heathrow Academy - it’s the wrong side of the cap park and there’s loads of trees interrupting the view. Sadly, the days of the viewing deck on the Queens Building are long gone. Same story at Gatwick. As for my processing - it’s still the same, but perhaps the photos look different because I’m photographing shiny colourful jets for a change, instead of grey F15s! Cheers! 👍🏻

Can you get on the roof of a car park at JFK?

@@sturousephoto I don't know. The car parks I've seen at JFK are in lots on the ground. There may be though, a building perhaps I might be able to get on. I'll give it a shot. Thank you much.

I can’t speak for the R5 I’m afraid, however, my video on the 7D MkII should certainly help you out. A lot of the settings will apply to any camera for aviation photography. Take a look here: Canon EOS 7D Mark II Settings for Aviation Photography including Menu System in Detail kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rqxzl6eH3K3LnKM.html

I'll give it a try. Thank you so much!

Thanks Craig, good question! You know, I stand by my decision with those two lenses and I’m still very happy with them. The 400 blows me away every single time I use it, it really is an exceptional lens if you think you can live without image stabilisation, but problem solved if you have mirrorless IBIS! Equally the 300 is just as exceptional. Even with a 2x extender the 300 produces amazing results in most conditions, but even more so with great light. If sharpness and clarity are what you are after then I still wholeheartedly recommend these lenses over a superzoom, even more so after 10 months! But like I said on my other video, the 400 prime is a bargain!

Amazing Telephoto Lens for Airshow Photography | Aviation Photography for Beginners kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iJyoZq2UurG9gKc.html

@@sturousephoto thanks for the response! I have a 70-200 mk2 also, and like the look of the 400 mm, but feel it’s still a bit short on a full frame body. Might look deeper at the 300 + 2x extender, but also tempted by the RF200-800mm. Just a lot of extra money to spend on a hobby 😅

Sorry meant bank

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks 👍🏻

It’s on the list of jobs!