Hello Doug, Not sure if you are surprised with how good the 'reach' was or how 'poor'. One of the problems with these planes is they move all over very fast. When there is only one, you want to be a little closer, but when in formation (or splitting formation), then you want some room to get them all. I had my Tokina 400/5.6 there, but didn't want to use it for lack of being able to shoot wider when necessary.
-- Best regards, Bruce Tuesday, October 11, 2005, 5:23:43 AM, you wrote: DF> On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 21:29:25 -0700, Bruce Dayton wrote: >> At the Norcal PDML outing, in the afternoon part of the group went >> down to the waterfront to watch the Blue Angels. >> >> Pentax *istD, Sigma 100-300/4 EX, Sigma 1.4X EX, handheld >> ISO 400, 1/750 sec @ f/5.6 - 300mm focal length + converter >> >> http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/norcalpdml_sf_140.htm DF> Very nice shot, Bruce. Even with the teleconverter and the "crop DF> factor" of using the 100-300 on the *ist D, I'm still a bit surprised DF> at the "reach" you had. It definitely makes me look forward to using DF> the Sigma 400/5.6 on the *ist D. DF> TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ
