Pilot starting to take pictures!
Shooting with a long telephoto focal length while flying is problematic. As the scene below is constantly shifting (unless hovering helicopter) it will be harder to acquire the target. And the typical window material will degrade a telephoto image, quality wise, which is why professionals insist on shooting through an open window. So don't expect miracles. And don't expect to be doing any multi-tasking while shooting telephoto.
Anyways, the smallest cameras with lots of telephoto reach are called travel zooms. These are compacts, the size of the RX100, or even smaller, with a whole lot more zoom than the RX100. Next step up in size would be an SLR-like ultrazoom camera. Looks like a baby DSLR, with extreme zoom lens built in. Mirrorless cameras like the Panny GM1 can take a telephoto zoom lens that will be a nice fit for your purposes, but the lens will not be tiny. Still smaller than a DSLR with tele though.
I find the viewfinder feature to be handy for tele shooting. This is standard on DSLR, not so standard on the smaller cameras. The GM1 lacks a viewfinder, the G5/6 and GX7 do have a viewfinder. As do the Nikon 1 V-series, Olympus OM-D series, and Fujifilm X-E1/2 models. Thought the Fujis are a little bigger than the Oly and Panny M4/3 cameras.
Links for more discussions on mirrorless cameras -
www.photographytalk.com/forum/digital-ca...4-mirrorless-cameras
www.photographytalk.com/forum/photograph...s-mirrorless-cameras
www.photographytalk.com/forum/photograph...e-just-sony-and-fuji
Kelly
Steep learning curve here
Copied the thoughts on zoom photography.... Makes sense...
so, probobably, the way to go sounds like getting as much quality camera for the money as possible.... Without too much focus on zoom....
Then the Panasonic GM-1 seems reasonable....
It ships with a 12-32mm lens.
Is it worth paying more to get a bright, fixed objective (45mm?) to fit my needs?
Alright, the haze is slowly lifting on this side.
Thanks a lot for all info and links, highly appreciated
More and more leaning towards a Panasonig GM1, it seems to be roughly what Im looking for....
A final question, I just found a few old Konica lenses laying around at my old folks. Alright quality back in the old analouge days. On eBay there are conversion ring available to fit these dinosaurs onto new four third cameras...
Is this any way worth going?
Lets say I go for the GM1 together with the supplied 12-32 zoom.
I would suddenly be able to fit an old 70-210mm zoom, and a fixed 40mm/f1,8 "pancake" lens.
I get there won't be any autofocus, zoom, back on manual aperture setting, and probably not any picture stabilizing!?
Qualitywise an ok solution? Or more of a gimick just to keep old stuff?
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