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Old 27th Oct 2008, 23:40
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What a fantastic demonstration of the effect of focal length variation
Very useful for casting sufficient doubt upon (and usually demolishing ) allegations of low flying by people who had taken photographs to "prove" how close an aircraft flew to 'a person, vessel, vehicle or structure'.
I didn't encounter a single witness who knew the focal length used - even when the camera had a fixed focal length.
Probably a good thing in some cases.


These 737s appear to be flying in close formation -










They were -



Break .....





Cape Town a few weeks ago.
It was a very impressive display.

(I didn't take the pictures.)

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