Travis Butler
Well-Known Member
Was getting late by the time the last pics finished exporting, so just going to post a couple of teaser pics to start with... full set of 270 pics is here:
20250526-SDIM5616 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
Sigma fp, TTArtisan 11/2.8 Fisheye
The Air Zoo was founded by Suzanne and Pete Parish, using planes they started collecting starting in 1959. Suzanne was a WASP in World War II, and the P-40 was the plane "she had always dreamed of flying"; when she had a chance to grab one, she jumped on it. And here it is hanging in the museum's atrium.
20250526-SDIM5642 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
Minolta MD 35-70/3.5 Macro
I mentioned in the Henry Ford Museum thread that the Tin Goose was in a real sense 'my' airplane, the first one I was able to recognize as a little kid; it's neat that the Air Zoo has one as well.
Alas, it was also when I started really picking up flaws with my old favorite Olympus OM Zuiko 24/2.8:
20250526-SDIM5634 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
OM Zuiko 24/2.8
Indoors, in a dimly lit environment with heavy spotlighting, it flares like crazy. I switched to the Minolta, which does much better, but has a much tighter FoV.
I had an unexpected chance to stop by again on my way home, and went back in with my Konica Hexanon 28/3.5; that one worked out better in both respects.
20250531-SDIM6790 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
Hexanon 28/3.5 (8-element version)
20250526-SDIM5616 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
Sigma fp, TTArtisan 11/2.8 Fisheye
The Air Zoo was founded by Suzanne and Pete Parish, using planes they started collecting starting in 1959. Suzanne was a WASP in World War II, and the P-40 was the plane "she had always dreamed of flying"; when she had a chance to grab one, she jumped on it. And here it is hanging in the museum's atrium.
20250526-SDIM5642 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
Minolta MD 35-70/3.5 Macro
I mentioned in the Henry Ford Museum thread that the Tin Goose was in a real sense 'my' airplane, the first one I was able to recognize as a little kid; it's neat that the Air Zoo has one as well.
Alas, it was also when I started really picking up flaws with my old favorite Olympus OM Zuiko 24/2.8:
20250526-SDIM5634 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
OM Zuiko 24/2.8
Indoors, in a dimly lit environment with heavy spotlighting, it flares like crazy. I switched to the Minolta, which does much better, but has a much tighter FoV.
I had an unexpected chance to stop by again on my way home, and went back in with my Konica Hexanon 28/3.5; that one worked out better in both respects.
20250531-SDIM6790 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
Hexanon 28/3.5 (8-element version)