A Curtiss Kittyhawk about to take off at an air display in Auckland a few years ago, Known in the USA as a Curtiss hawk, however in the UK they were tomahawk, they were also called Warhawks so I guess you can take your pick.
A couple of ideas for you with regard to slide scanning.
1. If you have a decent Digital Camera (10x Optical zoom or better) most of these will support a Digital Slide Duplicator / Converter which screws on the front of the lens. I've got an Opteka one which are sold on Ebay at a very reasonable cost. If you have an analogue SLR, you might want to consider a similar conversion method, but then scanning the prints as normal.
2. I don't know about where you are but a lot of photo shops here will do a bulk slide conversion for you.
If you've got a decent camera it's probably cheaper to do method 1. but method 2. is useful for a one-off.
The images shown in the links below used Ektachrome 200 slide film converted using my Fuji S5000 and Opteka Slide Converter.
Couldnt agree with you more Neil, Trouble is this was taken on slide film and re photographed with my Fuji digital, I purchsed a scanner to scan my slides but have not yet been able to scan a slide, they all come out blank for some reason and anyway it takes to long when you have a couple of hundred to do. I figure I need more exp with this computer, especially Paint shop pro which I am using.Thanks for your comments.
I am an aviation enthusiast and pilot as well as dedicated camera operator (won't say photographer as that might be a bit of a grand claim!)
Can I suggest a couple of things with regard to aviation photos.
Cropping is GOOD. People don't want to see a sea of grass - they want to see the aircraft (unless there are some equally other relevant aspects of the image or it is for artistic purposes rather than as an aicraft photo)
In this photo I can understand that there is a reason to publish because of its rare/unusual presence, but otherwise you want to try and make sure the image is sharp (which this one isn't).
I've attached a cropped copy of your photo and I think you'd agree that it hasn't lost any of its aircraft detail.
Keep taking them though - I'll keep an eye out for them.
This a P-40E Warhawk, as known in the United States. The old crosshair and bead sights in front of the windshield is a dead give away. This was the last model to used these sights. The B and C models had a samller engine, thus a different fuselage in the front. This model is very rare to be flyable. Thanks for sharing.
I have a P-40M or maybe a P-40N in British markings in my portfilio. Please feel free to check it out.
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