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Any tips for flying aircraft photography?
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<blockquote data-quote="MoonManMike" data-source="post: 69804" data-attributes="member: 10151"><p>Hi</p><p>I gave my 3100 the first real 'test' of aircraft photography at Duxford last weekend with mixed results</p><p></p><p>All static pics came out fine, using the S (shutter priority) setting.</p><p>Shutter speed 125th. I had the camera set at 200 ISO at all times</p><p>Here's an example:</p><p><img src="http://i415.photobucket.com/albums/pp232/moonmanmike/DSC_0201.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>However, I had some problems with in-flight photography.</p><p>I used the Nikon 55-200 zoom lens, mostly at 200.</p><p>Camera settings were as above. I assumed 125th may be fast enough as I understand the VR facility allows you to go 3 stops lower than usual. I also wanted to get some movement in the propellors as prop planes with frozen propellors simply dont look right in flight!</p><p></p><p>Here's one of my first efforts:</p><p><img src="http://i415.photobucket.com/albums/pp232/moonmanmike/Outoffocus.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>This could have been quite a good shot, but is either out of focus or blurred (or both!) and a little under exposed.</p><p></p><p>A number of shots were quite similar (ie poor). So I adjusted the shutter speed to 320th and also opened up a couple of stops to allow for the bright sky. Most shots were then acceptable, like this one:</p><p><img src="http://i415.photobucket.com/albums/pp232/moonmanmike/DSC_0185.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Not perfect, but reasonable (this is without any editing other than a slight crop). There's a little movement in the propellor, although I would have ideally liked a little more. When one of the Spits came in to land, I got a nice shot, but being throttled back, 320th virtually froze the propellor. With hindsight, I could possibly have dropped it back in the region of 200th or so as the plane was travelling much slower:</p><p><img src="http://i415.photobucket.com/albums/pp232/moonmanmike/DSC_0169.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>So, back to my original question, do I have the settings about right or can I make any improvements? Is there any special setting I should have the autofocus on for in-flight photography? Or does anyone have any other tips?</p><p></p><p>Many thanks</p><p>Mike</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MoonManMike, post: 69804, member: 10151"] Hi I gave my 3100 the first real 'test' of aircraft photography at Duxford last weekend with mixed results All static pics came out fine, using the S (shutter priority) setting. Shutter speed 125th. I had the camera set at 200 ISO at all times Here's an example: [IMG]http://i415.photobucket.com/albums/pp232/moonmanmike/DSC_0201.jpg[/IMG] However, I had some problems with in-flight photography. I used the Nikon 55-200 zoom lens, mostly at 200. Camera settings were as above. I assumed 125th may be fast enough as I understand the VR facility allows you to go 3 stops lower than usual. I also wanted to get some movement in the propellors as prop planes with frozen propellors simply dont look right in flight! Here's one of my first efforts: [IMG]http://i415.photobucket.com/albums/pp232/moonmanmike/Outoffocus.jpg[/IMG] This could have been quite a good shot, but is either out of focus or blurred (or both!) and a little under exposed. A number of shots were quite similar (ie poor). So I adjusted the shutter speed to 320th and also opened up a couple of stops to allow for the bright sky. Most shots were then acceptable, like this one: [IMG]http://i415.photobucket.com/albums/pp232/moonmanmike/DSC_0185.jpg[/IMG] Not perfect, but reasonable (this is without any editing other than a slight crop). There's a little movement in the propellor, although I would have ideally liked a little more. When one of the Spits came in to land, I got a nice shot, but being throttled back, 320th virtually froze the propellor. With hindsight, I could possibly have dropped it back in the region of 200th or so as the plane was travelling much slower: [IMG]http://i415.photobucket.com/albums/pp232/moonmanmike/DSC_0169.jpg[/IMG] So, back to my original question, do I have the settings about right or can I make any improvements? Is there any special setting I should have the autofocus on for in-flight photography? Or does anyone have any other tips? Many thanks Mike [/QUOTE]
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