Yeah, sorta figured that part out about 9 - 10 hours too late. :-(
From: mike wilson
Use shutter priority, then you can easily switch between 1/125 (works
for most prop. planes) and faster for other aircraft.
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?
> 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.
Idiots are best dealt with by a wildly swinging 600/4.
I'll keep it in mind if I ever get a 600/4.
The restraining line where I was standing was so close to the taxi-way,
I couldn't even use my 300. Maybe 200 feet from where we were standing
to the edge of the taxiway; 1200 feet to the centerline of the runway.
80mm wasn't wide enough to frame an entire aircraft when they were right
in front of me. A 50 - 250 might have been better. It would have let me
get tighter on some of the farther out shots, but wide enough when the
aircraft were up close.
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