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Hello,

Has anyone been to an LA county air show? There is one coming up tomorrow in Lancaster, and I am thinking of going.
I am wondering if they will be ok with bringing a tripod to the general admission area, or should I get a monopod?

You should have no issues with a tripod, but I always use a monopod with the 150-600 as it is a bit more maneuverable.

From 2015.


I think I slid the blacks all the way up.










I had changed from the long zoom to mid-zoom hoping for something like this during the final set.


It was pretty breezy, and warm.

Thanks! Lots of useful info. I never went to an airshow so it was good to see how it actually looks like.

Any suggestions for which lenses I should bring over? I am thinking of bringing a 500mm, but if that's an overkill I will sure enjoy the idea of not carrying it . I am thinking of bringing a 500mm, 70-300 (on APS-C) and a 28mm equiv wide angle on a second camera.

Should we come as early as possible, or is right at the beginning of the show ok to get good spots?

You should be on the road now if not already there...
There are a lot of things on the ground to shoot.

For single flying planes, 500 is good. You can see the big lenses in the shots above. For multiple planes in formation, or single planes making fast "banana passes" something around 200 is OK. For the static planes and things on the ground something wide is good.

18mm.


40mm.


300mm. For the longer shots, a little cropping is quite likely for framing.


350mm.


200mm.


483mm. Heat waves are a problem.


250mm.

Thanks.

200-500 worked out well. I ended up using that and a compact with a wide angle. Occasionally I wish I had a mid range zoom, but it was too windy and dusty to change lenses. In the end 200-500 was good for 90% of the shots. In the future maybe I would bring a second camera with a 70-300. I am out of space for uploads, otherwise I would post some pictures.

Sign up for a free or pay account at slickpic.com or elsewhere. Make a few appropriate albums (I have 16 major divisions like "Airshows", with almost 800 sub albums like "Lancaster"), and link from there :-)