New lens, how are these shots? **UPDATE**

[Cleanmaxx Brian]

Hi all,
I just got my 200-400f4 VR and went out and shot a few RC planes today. What I want to know is how do they look on your monitor? How is the exposure? Do they seem bright enough? How are the colors and the sharpness?

It seems I have to change my PP a bit with this lens (I need to do less work) for acceptable shots. Maybe I am not doing enough??? Plus not having a new TN LCD panel is not helping...

Here are the pics...
**Now resized to fit on your screen better...

http://www.pbase.com/cleanmaxx_brian/042807

Thanks in advanced!

 

[Wilco 2005]

I'm no expert but I think they look great...great color and very sharp

 

[goodquest]

I think they look great. Thanks for posting.

 

[lexiticus]

Considering the overcast conditions I'm impressed. Did you use VR much?

 

[Gale]

Looks good to me

 

[Cleanmaxx Brian]

OK good! Thanks everybody. Today is a fun fly event so I will be shooting a lot more!

Lexiticus, VR was on the whole time!

 

[Czechman01]

Other that the pictures are too big to view on my 20 inch monitor, I'd say you did great. I used to fly U-Control Stunt competitively in the late 60s but never got into RC... I'm sure there have been some huge advances in the radios since then.

 

[Zee71]

Thanks for sharing.........great shots, and I enjoyed the postings on your website.

 

[rsprouse]

Great shots - I agree. I love the 200-400 VR.

This brought back some cool memories. My very first real job was in a hobby shop, when I was 13 years old - MANY dercades ago! Like Woody, I was heavy into U-control - both stunt and combat. I didn't have the money for RC back then, but the shop I worked in was an RC mecca, and an older guy who worked there was state champion. He went on to rep for a distributer of the gear.

I still have some of my old gear - motors and such. And I have an almost-finished balsa wood stunt plane - called a "Ringmaster" - hanging in the rafters of my garage.

-- Russ

 

[Cleanmaxx Brian]

Hi all,
If you would not mind, can you take a look again? I resized them and they should fit your screens better and therefore look sharper...

 

[Czechman01]

And I have an almost-finished balsa wood stunt plane - called a "Ringmaster" - hanging in the rafters of my garage.-- Russ

Ahhhh.... Yea, the Ringmaster was considered the king of profile stunt planes. I was always partial to the Goldberg Shoestring. Then there was the Nobler if you wanted to fly with the big boys.

 

[Ottrott's Human]

Brian,
These look excellent to me. The crash shots are excellent......that was some fast-on-the-trigger shootin'! Congrats on the lens....that's serious glass!!

 

[Cleanmaxx Brian]

Thanks Stuart. I am lovin' this lens!!!

Here is todays shots...conditions were horrid! So overcast and dark...

http://www.pbase.com/cleanmaxx_brian/042907