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Red Bull Air Race
posted Wednesday, 05 November 2008, 19:47 (+0800), by Martin
The Red Bull Air Race took place in Perth last weekend. I spent some time on the river bank in South Perth on Saturday, shooting the action during the qualifying rounds.

I hired a 1.4x teleconverter for the day, to give me a longer reach, and definitely found it useful. At only $15 per day, the cost of hiring the teleconverter was definitely worthwhile!

The planes are great to watch, hurtling at over 300 km/h just a few metres above the river.

Here's a couple of my photos from Saturday.

Nicolas Ivanoff executing a half-cuban turn
Nicolas Ivanoff executing a half-cuban turn
Red Bull Air Race qualifying
Perth, Western Australia
Canon EOS 50D, 70-200mm f/4L @280mm (1.4x teleconverter), 1/200 sec, f/13, ISO100


Nicolas Ivanoff
Nicolas Ivanoff
Red Bull Air Race qualifying
Perth, Western Australia
Canon EOS 50D, 70-200mm f/4L @280mm (1.4x teleconverter), 1/200 sec, f/8, ISO100
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Comments:
Nick wrote at 2008-11-06 13:28

So I'm gathering that you rented some sort of special lens for $15 for the day...my question is, how expensive are they to buy? Do you think you wouldn't use it enough to make it worth owning your own rather than renting one?

Martin wrote at 2008-11-06 17:15

@Nick: I hired a 1.4x teleconverter, and used it with my 70-200mm f/4L Canon lens.
A teleconverter goes between the lens and the camera body, and provides additional enlargement (ie, 1.4x enlargement with a 1.4x teleconverter), but you lose one stop of aperture.

A 1.4x teleconverter used with a 70-200mm lens gives it an effective focal length of 98-280mm.

Note that you can also get 2x teleconverters (which will double the focal length), but that'll only work with the 70-200mm f/2.8 lenses, and not with the 70-200mm f/4 lenses.

A genuine Canon teleconverter retails for approx AUD$500, so hiring one for a day at AUD$15 is good value for money.

Richard wrote at 2008-11-08 05:22

Great action shots! Nice work!

Elestanlits wrote at 2009-05-20 16:05

Terrific post - i will visit again:)

Leo wrote at 2010-04-12 21:33

The Airrace will be in Perth again this weekend,
Would like to know where you hire your teleconverter
Thanks

Martin wrote at 2010-04-13 03:54

@Leo: I hired a teleconverter from Gerry Gibbs Camera House in Cannington last year.

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