RC-135U Combat Sent (UPDATE with tankers)

[Yunglee]

Managed to get a day off work on the 13th October and headed south to Suffolk hoping for something nice to turn up and it certainly did, well after a while holding for runway maintenance

I also had a new camera to try out (Nikon Z7), so with a fair bit a trepidation I stuck to my game plan and didn't switch back to the trusty D500 and glad I did...hope you like this

RC-135U Combat Sent from Souda Bay
OLIVE45 | RC-135U by Lee Adcock, on Flickr

OLIVE45 | RC-135U by Lee Adcock, on Flickr

Based 100th tankers

LAGER609 | KC-135R by Lee Adcock, on Flickr

LAGER610 | KC-135T by Lee Adcock, on Flickr

912th Air Refueling Squadron from March Air Reserve Base
RCH880 | KC-135R by Lee Adcock, on Flickr

Thanks for looking, Lee.

[prefontaine72]

Great shot Lee well done mate

Dougie

[paddyboy]

Cracking shot, Lee

Thanks for posting

Paddyboy

[Yunglee]

Great shot Lee well done mate

Dougie

Cracking shot, Lee

Thanks for posting

Paddyboy

Thanks chaps

[Stratocruiser]

Great shots of a great machine and a pleasure to view. Thanks for sharing them

[Rob666]

Hi Lee,

Great shot, love to see myself. Quick question any lag when panning with the Z7.

Kind regards
Rob

[andygolfer]

excellent pics Lee , it was certainly a nice surprise when that turned up.

Andy

[Yunglee]

excellent pics Lee , it was certainly a nice surprise when that turned up.

Andy

Thanks Andy, it's arrival especially after the runway delays and hold, made my day. Lee.

[Yunglee]

Hi Lee,

Great shot, love to see myself. Quick question any lag when panning with the Z7.

Kind regards
Rob

Hi,

I've only had it a couple of weeks and apart from a few of 737's arriving at Doncaster this was my first proper outing with it. At the moment I'd say panning is OK, but as is widely reported the autofocus is not as good as my D500 and I knew that before buying it (aviation wasn't my intended primary use for the Z7). However I got sharp and in focus shots so it's not all bad! I was shooting at 5FPS (perhaps it's 5.5) and the lag was OK and I was able to pan through the approaches no problem. I'm avoiding higher frame rates due avoid the EVF lag.

Give it a month or so and I'll do a write up in the photography section on Fighercontrol with my experiences of using it for aviation photography.

Lee.

[James Cutting]

Hi Lee,

Lovely set mate, one of the best looking RC's

[Rob666]

Hi Lee,

Great shot, love to see myself. Quick question any lag when panning with the Z7.

Kind regards
Rob

Hi,

I've only had it a couple of weeks and apart from a few of 737's arriving at Doncaster this was my first proper outing with it. At the moment I'd say panning is OK, but as is widely reported the autofocus is not as good as my D500 and I knew that before buying it (aviation wasn't my intended primary use for the Z7). However I got sharp and in focus shots so it's not all bad! I was shooting at 5FPS (perhaps it's 5.5) and the lag was OK and I was able to pan through the approaches no problem. I'm avoiding higher frame rates due avoid the EVF lag.

Give it a month or so and I'll do a write up in the photography section on Fighercontrol with my experiences of using it for aviation photography.

Lee.

Hi Lee, Thanks for taking the time to come back, I am looking at it myself but not primary for aviation myself either look forward to seeing the write up. And again great picture.

Rob

[matt e]

Superb

[123markjacobs]

Very nice pictures Lee!

Would be very intresting to know what all the antennas are for.

[Yunglee]

Tankers added to the original post...