Theo - My impression is that either would be sharp enough.
This isn't advice, I'm just thinking about some questions and variables. The planes are moving fast and low. Will you be close enough to the action to make the zoom useful as they move from far to near back to far away. If you're shooting prop planes you won't be using extremely high shutter speeds. Nothing looks worse than a plane in the air with a frozen propeller. Are you shooting hand held or on a tripod? Do either of the lenses work well with a teleconverter? Which one has better autofocus? If that's important to you. I'm thinking some of these things might be as important or more important than the difference in focal length. Just some thoughts. Given that you've shot air shows in the past, you've probably already thought about this stuff. gs George Sinos -------------------- gsi...@gmail.com www.georgesphotos.net plus.georgesinos.com On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 1:24 PM, Theodore Beilby <tbei...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Diane has given the ok for a new tele lens. I am torn between a DA * 300 and > the 60-250. Anyone have any thoughts on them? Remember, I shoot a lot of > airshow > work and so the 300 would be nice for the reach, but, the 60-250 would > be convenient for the zoom factor. Just how sharp is the 60-250? > > Ted > "The eye of the viewer becomes the eye of the Photographer." Albert Maysles > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
