On Sat, 09 Jul 2011 20:26 +0300, "Boris Liberman" <[email protected]> wrote: > On 7/8/2011 01:45, Brian Walters wrote: > > G'day all > > > > In a few weeks my wife and I will be heading off to Central Australia. > > On the way we plan to take a flight over Lake Eyre* in a light aircraft. > > > > I've never photographed from a plane before so I'm wondering is there > > any special "gotchas" I should be aware of. Lens choices, shutter > > speeds, filters, etc.... > > > > Any advice will be gratefully received. > > Brian, I had shot once from the light plane. Unfortunately I am under > obligation not publish the shots, but I can say two things: > > 1. Aircraft windows are real pain in the neck. > 2. I got surprised by the g-forces, no matter how small, when the pilot > turned and I thought I had a nice view. > > You may want to go to manual focus and set your lens to sweet infinity... >
Thanks Boris - added to the other suggestions. I'll review all of them before the flight - and then I'll probably forget to put a card in the camera..... Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A fast, anti-spam email service. -- 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.

