On 27/4/09, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed: >Shooting WWII aircraft. What's a good compromise shutter speed. I >define "good" as sharp images of the airframe with a realistic blurring >of the props? > >I'm shooting an 80 - 200 fast zoom on a K10D. Hand held. High shutter >speeds work for the jets, but 1/250 or above freezes the props on old >piston aircraft - makes it look like the engine's stopped. > >Aperture priority didn't work out as well as I hoped, nor was the >mono-pod very effective - great for panning, but aggravating as heck for >overhead shots ... > >No way to use a tripod. If I'd set it up, some ***** would have knocked >it over. As it was, I was constantly being jostled by idiots.
John, here's a very old PDML meet...might give you some ideas.... <http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/pdml/index.html> sorry, no large images. I think Mike Wilson's shot half way down on the left is brilliant. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
