JFK 11/13/2010 - Great Weather, Great Spotting

[Gerard]

No chance they were at 10,000 feet. More likely FL230 Block 250 or thereabouts...

Huh (again)?

[gonzalu]

Hahhaa...

USAF, ok, I told you you need good angles for the formula. It does work but guessing the actual position OVER LAND of the craft in flight is tough. For example, if there were 5 miles away from my position (land miles) it would put them much higher at a slightly different angle. Hey, am an amateur photographer, amateur spotter, amateur Mathematician, heck I may as well be an amateur human

[Zee71]

Hey........I got a suggestion for the next generation of camera's ........... distance measured from subject (call it DMS)!!! Depending on where your focus point is, the camera should be able to calculate and tell you how far your subject is from the camera sensor. Should be able to display it in meters or feet, or in miles on the LCD screen. :P

[NIKV69]

Pleasure meeting all of you gentlemen! Hope we get to do it again soon!

[gonzalu]

Pleasure meeting all of you gentlemen! Hope we get to do it again soon!

Same here Nick... real pleasure.

Mark, they already do :-)

Take a look at your EXIF info in a good EXIF reader and the subject distance is recorded. But not always. I am assuming when it can't, it can't LOL.

[Spunker]

clear and crisp excellent shots Manny

[gonzalu]

Thanks Spunker :-)

[Woz]

Had a great time on my first (and defiantly not the last) spotting trip around JFK on Saturday. It was nice to meet some of the regulars that I've been following on the forum like Mark, Sam, Dan, Nick and others whose names escape me at the moment. It was also great to hang out with my compadre Manny, who finally got me to venture across the GWB for a day of spotting. Thank you Sir!

Highlights of the day for me was seeing the A380 for the first time, a JB pulling a few S turns behind another JB on approach to 4L, and the KC-10's refueling over JFK.

Here are a few of my shots:

[gonzalu]

Bill, you got really great shots...! My pleasure... but, I see you really need MORE MEGAPIXELS and then a new lens. Don;t worry, I'll help you convince the wife LOL.

BTW, the D50 is not firmware upgradeable ... it seems Nikon wants you to just upgrade the whole camera!! More incentive.

Looking forward to next time!