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Postby BBJ on Sat Jun 04, 2005 10:54 pm

Hi All, well on our drive today at the beach had the 80-400VR on with the Kenkos 1.4xTC trying to get some pics of a surfer. Anyhow on the horizon was this sillouette of this ship, i could not read anything onit but seen the the big greyish outline, anyhow the lens brought it up good here is a pic of it.
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Postby johndec on Sat Jun 04, 2005 11:04 pm

John,

I'll bet to the naked eye that was just a blip on the horizon. :lol: I don't think you'll win POTW with it, but it does show the amazing reach of your setup. In 35mm film terms we are looking at:

400 x 1.4 x 1.5 = a long way :lol:
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Postby BBJ on Sat Jun 04, 2005 11:09 pm

Yes John, i was a bit shocked as well how well it came out considering it was just as you said. Openend my eyes up when i could read the writting on the side of the ship and thought what a strange colour to paint a ship normally they are 2 tone, but yeh anyhow was interesting and just thought i would share it.
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Postby stubbsy on Sat Jun 04, 2005 11:10 pm

John

It's obviously too late to do this now, but a good comparison would have been to take a shot at say 70 or 80mm too so we could see the speck you got with the big zoom.
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Postby BBJ on Sat Jun 04, 2005 11:12 pm

Yeh sorry pete i should have done that, but can tell you was just a sillouette of the ship on the horizon. Dont see many of these cruising past our coastline.
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Postby johndec on Sat Jun 04, 2005 11:22 pm

BBJ wrote:Yeh sorry pete i should have done that, but can tell you was just a sillouette of the ship on the horizon. Dont see many of these cruising past our coastline.


I get a heap of them, seeing as I live on the shores of Botany Bay. So just post me the 80-400 and the Kenko, I'll be happy to do some comparison tests :lol:
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Postby BBJ on Sat Jun 04, 2005 11:25 pm

Yeh right john, well i guess i am not always at the beach to see them but yeh, was a funny sort of a day today sunny in places and dull in others.
Well was ok anyhow, think i will ride my BMW tomorrow for a change and go to my Ulysses meeting and lunch. LOL
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Postby MCWB on Sat Jun 04, 2005 11:56 pm

All that time with the bikes has really helped your technique! You're getting really good at these panning shots! :lol:
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Postby johndec on Sun Jun 05, 2005 12:00 am

MCWB wrote:All that time with the bikes has really helped your technique! You're getting really good at these panning shots! :lol:
 ROFL :lol: Chinese speedboats???
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Postby sirhc55 on Sun Jun 05, 2005 12:19 am

The guy on the foredeck looks Korean to me :roll:
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Postby Matt. K on Sun Jun 05, 2005 12:28 am

You now know more about the boat than the Customs Department. They think it's still in China! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Postby BBJ on Sun Jun 05, 2005 10:59 am

That would be about right Matt, not sure what type she is but looks different from the normal ones you see, maybe it's full of wood chips as that is a big thing down here, and they load at Portland over the border in Victoria.
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