Optimal aircraft window lens/body

[SimonSawSunlight]

this is one of the weirder gear threads...

 

[Richard G]

M6 90mm 2.8 twice box speed f16 in sunlight. Boeing filter only.

Melbourne by Richard GM2, on Flickr

City of Melbourne May 2009. No point deploying the builit in hood. Camera about 45˚ to very good condition Seat 2F window, not hard up against it. Late morning early winter sunlight, looking North at ~37,47˚S.

 

[Richard G]

I am beginning to think that when Kim needs to shoot to the right and wants an incident reading from the other side of the plane he just needs to swap the meter to his left hand....RAF?

 

[oftheherd]

I keep 35mm on-camera during take off and landing approach, for the unlikely case the plane goes down. Otherwise, a 200mm.
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If I thought there was the remotest probablilty, I would take another flight, but what difference between 35 and short tele if the plane goes down? Survival, at least on commercial aircraft, isn't very good no matter.

 

[varjag]

If I thought there was the remotest probablilty, I would take another flight, but what difference between 35 and short tele if the plane goes down?

Taking pictures is easier offcourse. The planes are usually pretty cramped inside, not much use for tele.