Post by Rampvan on Nov 20, 2007 13:32:16 GMT
Hi, while I'm not up airliner.net standards 
, if you follow the methods below you should achieve quite pleasing results though I must stress it takes practice and trial and error, there is not set rule to taking a perfect picture every time as the conditions are different whith each shot. The camera for reference that I was using up until the Odiham families day 08 was a Canon 300d with 18-55, 35-80 and 90-300 Canon lenses. The camera equipment now though is a Canon 400d 18-55, 35-80 Canon lenses and a Qauntary 70-300mm lense. The older pictures however were taken on a multitude of different cameras down the years.
For Fast Jets: Select 'Av' mode, and an aperture of f/8 - f/11 to get the best out of your lens. Your shutter speed shout be above 1/500 to start with, and if its not, raise your ISO from 100 to 200. Use Evaluative Metering.
For Warbirds/Props: Use 'Tv' mode and set a shutter speed no higher than 1/200 of a second to get some prop blur. On a fairly sunny day, a shutter speed of 1/160 and f/11 will get you sharpp shots from the lens, no movement blur, but a nice amount of prop blur.
For Choppers: Again, use 'Tv' and select a speed of 1/80 or lower - but you must hold the camera rock steady. Bear in mind it is scientifically impossible to get meaningful rotor blur on a Chinook!
Also, for shooting choppers, you may want to make sure your sensor is spotless, as the higher f/ numbers will make dust on your sensor show up a lot more!
Tv (Shutter Priority) set to 1/200-1/250 for props to get a nice blur,
Av (Aperature Priority) set to f8 and adjust ISO to to get the fastest shutter speed you can (keeping noise in mind) for jets. Although
I'm sure others might have different methods but in general I tend to use the AV (Aperature Priority) method above for everything else like airliners/biz and tin
Please feel free to add any tips/tricks that may help us all to achieve better results when taking photos to this thread.
, if you follow the methods below you should achieve quite pleasing results though I must stress it takes practice and trial and error, there is not set rule to taking a perfect picture every time as the conditions are different whith each shot. The camera for reference that I was using up until the Odiham families day 08 was a Canon 300d with 18-55, 35-80 and 90-300 Canon lenses. The camera equipment now though is a Canon 400d 18-55, 35-80 Canon lenses and a Qauntary 70-300mm lense. The older pictures however were taken on a multitude of different cameras down the years.For Fast Jets: Select 'Av' mode, and an aperture of f/8 - f/11 to get the best out of your lens. Your shutter speed shout be above 1/500 to start with, and if its not, raise your ISO from 100 to 200. Use Evaluative Metering.
For Warbirds/Props: Use 'Tv' mode and set a shutter speed no higher than 1/200 of a second to get some prop blur. On a fairly sunny day, a shutter speed of 1/160 and f/11 will get you sharpp shots from the lens, no movement blur, but a nice amount of prop blur.
For Choppers: Again, use 'Tv' and select a speed of 1/80 or lower - but you must hold the camera rock steady. Bear in mind it is scientifically impossible to get meaningful rotor blur on a Chinook!
Also, for shooting choppers, you may want to make sure your sensor is spotless, as the higher f/ numbers will make dust on your sensor show up a lot more!
Tv (Shutter Priority) set to 1/200-1/250 for props to get a nice blur,
Av (Aperature Priority) set to f8 and adjust ISO to to get the fastest shutter speed you can (keeping noise in mind) for jets. Although
I'm sure others might have different methods but in general I tend to use the AV (Aperature Priority) method above for everything else like airliners/biz and tin
Please feel free to add any tips/tricks that may help us all to achieve better results when taking photos to this thread.