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04-08-2006, 12:51 PM
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#16 | | "Shooter"
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04-08-2006, 02:18 PM
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#17 | | Senior Member
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| Evan, I was browsing around your sites and saw the Hunter than had been used for dissimilar aircraft training. I would love to know how it got on against more modern aircraft. Do you have any idea or does anyone else? | 
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04-10-2006, 03:02 AM
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#18 | | Master of Ewes
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Country:  | good stuff, is that a HP Hastings in the distance?
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04-10-2006, 08:28 AM
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#19 | | "Shooter"
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Originally Posted by Glider Evan, I was browsing around your sites and saw the Hunter than had been used for dissimilar aircraft training. I would love to know how it got on against more modern aircraft. Do you have any idea or does anyone else? | That I am not sure. Joe might know. They have quite a few foreign planes they use for the training.
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04-10-2006, 09:59 AM
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#20 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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Country: | There's a company from Canada who operates 2 hunters and 2 Kifirs at Point Mugu Naval Weapons station - they're used for penetration missions - they attempt to sneak up on ships at high speed, testing the ship's radar.
I know Hunters were used for dissimilar aircraft training, air-to-air. The Test Pilot's school at Edwards "borrowed" a few over the years from private owners. I never heard how they fared against other aircraft.
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04-10-2006, 10:20 AM
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#21 | | "Shooter"
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Country: | Not sure where you think you see the Hastings, Lanc...
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04-10-2006, 04:45 PM
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Originally Posted by evangilder Thanks Syscom. I picked up the Nikon D50. It was a package deal with a 28-80 zoom lens. I then picked up the 70-300 zoom, which is what produced the above shots. The results are quite impressive. | I have a 70 - 300 and find it the most useful lens at shows but don't pretend to have shots as good as these. Not that expensive either. | |
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04-11-2006, 07:57 AM
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#23 | | "Shooter"
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Country: | Just keep experimenting with it and you will find what works best. There are a ton of setting on my camera and I am still tweaking for the best settings. They look good, but I know they can be better.
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04-11-2006, 12:23 PM
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| Best so far but room for improvement | |
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04-11-2006, 12:24 PM
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#25 | | Senior Member
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| Sorry guys way to large. Can someone tell me how to preview the post. I tried but the picture didn't come up so I had no idea how it was going to look when posted. | |
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04-11-2006, 01:22 PM
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#26 | | "Shooter"
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Country: | That doesn't look bad, Glider. Did you size it down from the camera, or was that the size that was output? One key thing to remember is that when you reduce the size of the image for web viewing, you will lose some of the clarity. That is where photoshop can help alot. Using the filter tool, select sharpen and the details will be better reproduced in the reduce image. There is a fine balance though so use it sparingly. Sharpen edges can also help, but can also cause jagged, pixellated edges.
You might want to do some very fine adjustments to brightness and contrast to better bring out the colors. Just a few tricks of the trade.
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04-11-2006, 02:01 PM
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| Old fashioned me, I scanned the negative in. Will have a play and try again. | |
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04-11-2006, 02:08 PM
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| Second time lucky | |
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04-11-2006, 02:34 PM
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#29 | | "Shooter"
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Country: | Looking good! The lighting on that shot is interesting and nice prop blur!
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04-11-2006, 03:43 PM
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