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I know several of you have photographed from helicopters. Steve and GEO immediately come to mind, from their Hawaii trips. Here's my question to those of you who have had good results with your DSLR equipment from helicopter tours:
I have an Olympus e500 and just recently acquired a 70-300mm, F4.0-5.6 lens specifically for my upcoming trip to Churchill, Canada. Mostly, I expect to use this lens from a stationary tundra vehicle to photograph the polar bears and other wildlife.
The lens has a bit of a rap because it's a bit slow in autofocusing. I'm wondering if I'll be better from the sky using my 40-150mm, f3.5-4.5 giving up a bit of the zoom for a slightly faster lens.
I am a member of the FourThirds (Olympus) forum and many of the folks there are extremely helpful. I hesitate to post there first, as many of them are professional photogs and I feel their experience makes it difficult to make their recommendations a bit skewed for someone like me who is more a hobbiest point n shoot photographer.
Any suggestions and help would be greatly appreciated!
I have an Olympus e500 and just recently acquired a 70-300mm, F4.0-5.6 lens specifically for my upcoming trip to Churchill, Canada. Mostly, I expect to use this lens from a stationary tundra vehicle to photograph the polar bears and other wildlife.
The lens has a bit of a rap because it's a bit slow in autofocusing. I'm wondering if I'll be better from the sky using my 40-150mm, f3.5-4.5 giving up a bit of the zoom for a slightly faster lens.
I am a member of the FourThirds (Olympus) forum and many of the folks there are extremely helpful. I hesitate to post there first, as many of them are professional photogs and I feel their experience makes it difficult to make their recommendations a bit skewed for someone like me who is more a hobbiest point n shoot photographer.
Any suggestions and help would be greatly appreciated!