PHL on full frame

[megatop412]

I found myself with some time to kill before needing to show up at a movie shoot to do some stills, so I thought I would see what all the hubbub's about with shooting aviation on full frame FX as opposed to a cropped sensor. A storm was coming, and I thought it would make for some dramatic shots.

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Goin around!
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In the end, I really liked the way the D700 kept noise to a minimum, and the images sharpen nicely. However, all of a sudden I realized I was dealing with vignetting even at f/9. At least I could crop most of that out, but it reminded me of when I shot film. Maybe I didn't shoot in dark enough conditions to make the most of the full frame 'advantage', but I think I'll be sticking with DX for aviation from now on.

[captmjk16]

There's a few great catches in there, 2, 4, 7, 8 and 9 are all tops in my book!

[ATAIndy]

Nice 767 and United departures!

[Steven Holzinger]

Looks like they switched on you!

[tlabranche]

Great stuff! Full frame is definitely the way to go. It is really easy to over sharpen an image. My normal workflow for sharpening has to be cut to 50% opacity because my images are almost tack sharp right out of the camera. Noise handling is also superb. I routinely up the ISO to 6400 with no hesitation on ruining the image.