Larry, you are getting to be an expert on airplane shots. Beautiful low light photo on your first link. Saw the rest too on Flickr & Fluidr. How do they allow you to enter armed with a Bigma? Lucky you. Keep shootin & posting.
Here is some resource I picked up from a Welsh (UK) low flying airplane shooter:- Since military fast jets travel at about 400-450 knots (750 to 850 kmph), camera settings become increasingly important. Continuous autofocus is a must for tracking fast-moving targets. Reducing the number of active focus points helps increase autofocus performance, too. Fast shutter speeds in the region of 1/800-1/1600 sec work well, but good action shots can be captured in-camera by using much slower speeds to blur the background and keep the subject sharp. Try something in the range of 1/125-1/500 sec. For cockpit-level shots, you’ll need a long lens – consider a 500mm or 600mm telephoto. Use wide apertures and high ISOs for action-stopping shutter speeds. Regards. Bipin - from that far away enchanting land. -- 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.
