That's the first thing you need to do, get in as close as you legally & safely
can.
Manual focus, hyper-focal distance (or whatever is the correct term for that
thing where you pre-set the focus so DOF goes from here to infinity), shutter
speed around 1/125 sec to get an acceptable propeller blur, crank the ISO to get
a decent exposure with the chosen combination of aperture & shutter speed, pan
so the rest of the airframe is NOT too blurred & shoot in bursts.
If you get one exposure as the plane goes past it's 99% likely it's not going to
be good enough. If you get 5-10 exposures on a single pass, it's 99% likely that
at least one of them will be.
I've shot some air-shows and while I didn't get many good images, that's the
combination that seemed to produce the *most* acceptable images.
On 8/18/2021 00:20:39, Alan C wrote:
Thanks all. This image pretty well sums it up.
And some stunt planes:
https://www.fluidr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157705985048831/
The planes are just too distant - too small - out of range. A bit like trying to
photograph an eagle in flight at 300m!
I used TAV 1000sec, f8 exclusively. Tried single, 5 point & 11 point focusing.
I started by focusing on the moon. In all auto focus modes the camera just
couldn't lock on to the planes. There was no lens creep. Didn't try panning.
Today is the first day of the 4 day competition. Yesterday was official practice
but spectators could not actually get access to the airfield. From today,
limited access will be possible subject to Covid restrictions. There is a large
rooftop area above the terminal which would will be perfect, otherwise I'll just
have to find a suitable place.
Alan C
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