Jeff, Dave Chang-Sang and I got together yesterday at the Canadian National Exhibition (the CNE, or "Ex") for some picture taking of the Airshow, a few drinks, some food, and some shots of the midway.
The airshow was great - we couldn't hear the announcer where we were, but I think we saw (and took pics of) some Harvards, an F-16, an F-18, an Orion (or was it an Aurora?) a Mustang, the British Red Arrows team, and Canada's Snowbirds, along with various stunt planes and stunt helicopters (!). I decided to take along a Spotmatic with my old Tak 2.5 200mm preset, because I have an m42 2x teleconvertor, and I figured that I'd need 400mm. I was right, it was a decent focal length, but I discovered part way through the show, that with the teleconvertor on, it wouldn't focus to infinity. I'm guessing that most of my shots will be blurry, except possibly those with a slower shutter speed and small aperture - and even then, who knows. Oh well, live and learn. I'll just have to get a long lens (that I'll only use about once every 2 years). Sigh... Jeff and Dave left late in the afternoon, but I stuck around until dark, to get pics of the lights of the midway with my "new" 24-48 zoom - those should be interesting, if nothing else... As usual, a good time was had by all! regards, frank -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
