All taken with a Nikon D7000 + Sigma 150-500mm zoom

Qatar Airlines Boeing 787 A7-BCC on one of its earliest flights

Emirates Airbus A380 A6-EDE

Etihad Airbus A330 A6-EYE in Manchester City livery

Tres bien.

Tres bien.

Praise indeed, sir

Nice Photo's Bryan, very nice

Judging by the white smoke looks like the A380 and the 330 have got Head Gasket Problems

Nice Photo's Bryan, very nice

Judging by the white smoke looks like the A380 and the 330 have got Head Gasket Problems

Cheers, Andy

I think it's the DPFs on modern-day engines

Pretty impressive, never seen photos of aeroplanes like that before!

Nice. Is that a dx only lens?

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Nice. Is that a dx only lens?

It works on a D5000 and a D7000 body, definitely

I have a d700 so what I really meant was, will it work with fx

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Nice photos, Bryan. I use Plane Finder on my iPhone 4S whenever I see an interesting contrail and want to know what is producing it, at what height and speed, and where it is from and bound for. I also have a Leica APO-Televid 77 scope for bird spotting but really should give it a go on contrails.

Nice photos, Bryan. I use Plane Finder on my iPhone 4S whenever I see an interesting contrail and want to know what is producing it, at what height and speed, and where it is from and bound for. I also have a Leica APO-Televid 77 scope for bird spotting but really should give it a go on contrails.

I've got Plane Finder and Flightradar24 on Android on my Galaxy S2

I keep them open most of the time, and while I'm off I keep dashing out when something interesting comes over

Someone alerted me to the fact the 787 was setting off from Manchester and heading for Lincoln - luckily the sky stayed clear when it came over

I have a d700 so what I really meant was, will it work with fx

The honest answer is I don't know, and I'd hate to recommend it someone only for them to find it doesn't

Bit more homework required I think :(

I've got Plane Finder and Flightradar24 on Android on my Galaxy S2

I have just downloaded the freebie version of FlightRadar 24 but will need to pay £2.99 for the Pro version to work out if it is better than Plane Finder or similar in capability. Which do you prefer?

I have just downloaded the freebie version of FlightRadar 24 but need to pay £2.99 for the Pro version to work out if it is better than Plane Finder or similar in capability. Which do you prefer?

Plane Finder probably gives you more detailed information, but Flightradar24 Pro gives you the projected route on the map, not just the position and where it's come from, so you can tell if likely to come anywhere near overhead

I didn't think £2.99 was bad for a one-off payment for the Pro version

Thanks. That is a good enough reason to buy it, and it is £1.99 not the £2.99 I quoted.

Flight radar pro is excellent

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I have a d700 so what I really meant was, will it work with fx

Yes, this is a full-frame lens and it will work perfectly well on your D700. (Of course, even if it weren't it would still work, but you'd be dropping down to only using a small 6MP part of your sensor).

thanks

Wow!

That's got some reach on it! I've only got up to 300mm (and Canon) - was there much crop on these, they don't exhibit noise?

Hope you don't mind but I threw some 'curves' at one...

 

Thanks for the info on the lens - might just have to save up for one of those for my D5100. 300mm doesn't do it.

 

And for the comments on Plane Finder and Flight Radar, I might be one of the contributors to the data - not sure where the data from my virtual radar box ends up.