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#2891512 - 10/30/09 11:37 PM An impressive armament for airshow shooting.
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I am just wondering if I've got a mate from SimHQ by chance.

It is his nice add on(?) that got my attention...

From CNE 2009 Canadian Int'l Airshow


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#2891550 - 10/31/09 03:05 AM Re: An impressive armament for airshow shooting. [Re: Bono]
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Apparently it's a BushHawk shoulder mount. Looks pretty nifty.

http://www.outdoorphotographer.com/columns/solutions/solutions-bushhawk-shoulder-mount.html
http://www.michaelfurtman.com/bushhawk_review.htm

A quick look suggests that it's around the $300USD mark though.


Edited by Gopher (10/31/09 03:05 AM)
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#2891776 - 10/31/09 12:24 PM Re: An impressive armament for airshow shooting. [Re: Gopher]
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I have seen one at an airshow before, it's a very nice piece of equipment. I think it's overkill for aviation, but it's amazing for wildlife.
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#2891978 - 10/31/09 07:13 PM Re: An impressive armament for airshow shooting. [Re: Counterman]
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Call me a perv..but I swore this thread was going to have boobs in it for some reason.. screwy
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#2892127 - 11/01/09 05:36 AM Re: An impressive armament for airshow shooting. [Re: BeachAV8R]
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Chris, your a perv! ;-)
I thought about getting one, between the Bigma and my lack of keeping my hands steady I thought this could be useful. I saw one used at Oceana when I went and thought it could be useful but the pricetag for the amount o shows I get stopped my purchase.
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#2892205 - 11/01/09 07:54 AM Re: An impressive armament for airshow shooting. [Re: Top Gun]
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for the wildlife and bird photos i take it looks like it could help me, might look into it more when i get back to work in jan.
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#2892416 - 11/01/09 02:52 PM Re: An impressive armament for airshow shooting. [Re: RCAF Arrow]
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if your shooting with a 500 4 or 2.8 i can see it could be usefull, but to have a 70-200 f4 mounted, looks quite ghey..
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#2892716 - 11/02/09 04:20 AM Re: An impressive armament for airshow shooting. [Re: Yojimbo]
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Doesnt he have an extender on it too?
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#2893433 - 11/03/09 04:43 AM Re: An impressive armament for airshow shooting. [Re: dude163]
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still looks a little small for the use of that, I would something more like this which is on that second link
http://www.michaelfurtman.com/images/furtman_bushhawk3w.jpg
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#2893474 - 11/03/09 05:54 AM Re: An impressive armament for airshow shooting. [Re: Top Gun]
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I believe he has a Canon 70-200 f/2.8 with a 1.4 Canon Lens Extender. I have this rig with a Canon 50D and it takes great photo's!

Errrrr Beach, sorry no boob shots with it yet..... but I'm trying! wink
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