KLAS spotting pics (56k beware!)

[vegasflyboy2004]

Here's a few pics I took a couple of days ago while spotting at McCarran. There was tons of 737's and baby-busses, as is usual with Southwest and US
Airways/America West being the most frequent of visitors. These were taken from two different spots, the spotting turn-out on Sunset Blvd and a
shopping center parking lot on Paradise Rd east of 25L/R. At the second spot the planes go right over your head on approach, feels like you could
reach out and touch them.

My first up-close viewing of the 757 with winglets. I like!


A graceful tri-holer. I love the DC-10.


A Gulfstream V on approach to 25L.


A Southwest 737 getting ready to touchdown. Check out the flaps.


US Airways lands on the left as a Cactus departs on the right. Southwest in the middle waiting to cross the right for the gates.


One of two 737-200's I got to see that day. This one is an EG&G (Janet) 737, bringing back some people from various worksights on the Nellis Range
Complex, ie Tonopah, Area 51, etc.


I only saw one CRJ this day.


A pretty lady accelerating for take-off on 25R, heading for a more tropical climate.


The zoom on my camera works pretty good. This was taken from clear across the airport. Westjet 737.


A rather unexpected visitor. I had to run from my car and stick the cam through the fence. I'm lucky it turned out.


A Canadian visitor, eh?


Sorry for the blur on this one. I happened to see the t-birds practicing for this weekend's air show at Nellis. This was taken from probably 7 or 8
miles away.


Lastly, and my favorite one, a Northwest 757 departing with the Mandalay Bay and Luxor in the background.

[Launchbury]

I like!

[Borat]Very niiice. High five![/Borat]

[Ceemosp]

Luvely

I just realized HOW much simpler the flaps of a GV are in comparism to the Canadairs - no slats and a barndoor of a flap

Greetz Carsten

[Joeflyer]

Damn fine photography, J I need a camera like yours while I'm Caravan slumming My 4 megapixel Kodak doesn't get the
job done, and has poor zooming. I will have to shop for a Canon soon

[vegasflyboy2004]

Here's the cam specs:

Canon S3 IS
6.0 MP
Digital Zoom: 4X
Optical Zoom: 12X
Res: 2,816 x 2,112
Sensitivity: Auto, High ISO Auto, ISO 80/100/200/400/800 equivalent
Weight: 14.5 oz. (410g) camera body only

It's a good solid feeling camera, it's pretty good on batteries. They have it at Newegg.com for $349 with a 1gig memory card. Not a bad combo deal.
It's got a lot of settings you can play with to alter aperature settings and such.

[Joeflyer]

vegasflyboy2004 wrote:
Here's the cam specs:

Canon S3 IS
6.0 MP
Digital Zoom: 4X
Optical Zoom: 12X
Res: 2,816 x 2,112
Sensitivity: Auto, High ISO Auto, ISO 80/100/200/400/800 equivalent
Weight: 14.5 oz. (410g) camera body only

It's a good solid feeling camera, it's pretty good on batteries. They have it at Newegg.com for $349 with a 1gig memory card. Not a bad
combo deal.
It's got a lot of settings you can play with to alter aperature settings and such.

Somehow I knew you would have a Canon The price seems quite reasonable,too! I'm going shopping at NewEgg

[vegasflyboy2004]

Yes, Canon is the only way to go. My camera that got ripped off over the summer was a Canon also. I met a fellow spotter when I was shooting my pics,
and talk about getting camera envy. He had a Canon SLR that he paid $1500 for, with a telephoto lense that cost him another $2200. One of these days
when I'm a Master Sergeant or something maybe...

[Ceemosp]

I'm happy with my Kodak 6490 - only 4 megapixels but an excellent lens - 10x optical Schneider Variogon - not one of those keyhole
lenses PLUS I picked it up for 200USD including 4x512MB memory cards :p

If it comes to serious photographing I still have my Leica

Greetz Carsten

[pdjpeter]

Launchbury wrote:

I like!

[Borat]Very niiice. High five![/Borat]

i like too

[xhado13]

Great shots!
I woner that that F/A-18 was doing there?
And yes indeed! A kick-butt camera!! I happen to have some sort of sony....I dont know what the model is since I dont seem to have it with
me.

But its a good camera

[teemuss]

waw i have been there thats las vegas

[the_nick]

I didn't knew vegas was so beautiful , this pictures sure look better then the ones they show in a travel guide

[WBHoenig]

Nice pics!

I have a pretty good Sony CyberShot... don't have it with me right now (so I don't know the model #), but it is 7.0mp. But the bad part is... it only
has a 3x optical zoom! And I think if I turn the megapixel setting down, I can get up to 4x optical zoom, but I'd rather not shoot in VGA mode

[m1r3o]

I like really much the last one!!!!

[FsP Dennis]

awesome!