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weirmg
Senior Member
When I first looked at them I thought to myself -- so sharp -- this must be the 400mm f/5.6L -- it has it's own crisp look -- and sure enough...
What I found interesting is your description of shutter speeds -- right or wrong -- I have figured that with my 70-200 f/4L I have to keep the shutter speed up to at least 1/1000 to get a decent image -- your shots with 2x the reach are much slower than what I figured I'd need -- when I get this lens -- here is one w/ the zoom telephoto....
EF 70-200 f/4L -- 1/2500, f/6.3, ISO 400
What I found interesting is your description of shutter speeds -- right or wrong -- I have figured that with my 70-200 f/4L I have to keep the shutter speed up to at least 1/1000 to get a decent image -- your shots with 2x the reach are much slower than what I figured I'd need -- when I get this lens -- here is one w/ the zoom telephoto....
EF 70-200 f/4L -- 1/2500, f/6.3, ISO 400
HectikHector
Member
Here are two pics of an SH-60B, I took these a few hours ago during a VERTREP (Vertical Replenishment). Sorry if they're not the greatest, had to use auto mode on the cam, the ship was rocking side to side and it was extremely windy. Enjoy!
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Lart thank you very much for your offer.
Before quitting I was chasing the 1000 km flight and there are two dream places for that: Australia and Patagonia !!!
I am afraid it will remain a dream but still I appreciate your support.
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Bob
If two people agree on everything one of them is redundant.
Before quitting I was chasing the 1000 km flight and there are two dream places for that: Australia and Patagonia !!!
I am afraid it will remain a dream but still I appreciate your support.
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Bob
If two people agree on everything one of them is redundant.
I am stunned by the perfect exposures of most shots many of you posted (and the great colours).
What type of AE mode do you use for these shots ?
Also, which mode of AF ?
Thank you
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Bob
If two people agree on everything one of them is redundant.
What type of AE mode do you use for these shots ?
Also, which mode of AF ?
Thank you
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Bob
If two people agree on everything one of them is redundant.
siscar
Forum Enthusiast
Over the British Grand Prix last weekend
hodad66
Well-known member
Thanks - I really appreciate the comments.
The 70-200/4L is an outstanding lens - I use mine a lot - it’s the lens I use most often when shooting motorsports. For airshows I generally only use that lens for formation shots like the one of the Thunderbirds I took last month below:
1/1000s f/6.3 at 189.0mm iso200
I like to keep shutter speeds for props 1/250 or slower to capture the prop blur. For me the key to lower shutter speeds isn't so much the lens - with aircraft is the same as for motorsports: panning and stabilization. I don’t have IS lens (although I’ve borrowed some from a friend before) so for stabilization I use a monopod, and I’ve found the monopod gives me as good results or better than IS. This is more of a personal preference than anything else - some swear by monopods (like me) others just swear at them.
I probably use the 400/5.6 80-90% of the time for flying aircraft. A lot of people like the 100-400 better because of versatility of the zoom. I’m biased toward primes so I like the 400/5.6 better - again it’s a matter of personal preference/style.
Brit
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I went to an RC fun fly with one of my buddies and one of the club members brought his Yak-52 over for a couple of low passes.
Camera make: Canon
Camera model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL
Date/Time: 2005:11:05 14:10:22
Focal length: 70.0mm
Exposure time: 0.0016 s (1/640)
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO equiv.: 100
Whitebalance: Auto
Metering Mode: matrix
James C. Murray
Senior Member
Your Chipmunk shot had me looking in my logbook to see if 053 was there. No 053 but I did have 056 logged during my basic flight training a long tome ago
. Great shots.
weirmg
Senior Member
...I should also get a monopod -- I have a tripod and really don't use it as much as I should -- but I think I would use a monopod most of the time -- as it's much more flexible -- ops, I mean, it has more utility for the type of photography which interests me -- and I guess you have used yours for these aircraft shots as well. Any recommendations?
And by the way, I wasn't implying that your shots were good [only] because you have the 400mm prime -- and I perfer primes as well -- but that images from this lens, when accomplished with skill, are so unique in quality that I can almost recognized them -- I'm glad to see some shots of aircraft vs. birds -- but, I also recognize how difficult it is to get bird shots -- the likes of some of the photogs here have constantly shown us outstanding images.
Here is an other one of my aircraft shots...
And by the way, I wasn't implying that your shots were good [only] because you have the 400mm prime -- and I perfer primes as well -- but that images from this lens, when accomplished with skill, are so unique in quality that I can almost recognized them -- I'm glad to see some shots of aircraft vs. birds -- but, I also recognize how difficult it is to get bird shots -- the likes of some of the photogs here have constantly shown us outstanding images.
Here is an other one of my aircraft shots...
TheDigitalDonbavand
Leading Member
All with 300D, 100-300 f5.6 L
I think my brother took the next one as I was away ditching fuel
Model vulcan bomber (there will be a real one flying in the next year or so)
Full gallery: http://gdonbavand.fotopic.net/c618890.html
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http://gdonbavand.fotopic.net
I think my brother took the next one as I was away ditching fuel
Model vulcan bomber (there will be a real one flying in the next year or so)
Full gallery: http://gdonbavand.fotopic.net/c618890.html
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Graham
http://gdonbavand.fotopic.net
Mister Mantis
Senior Member
I have so many..... look around, and pick your favorite!
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roiegat
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Ubilam
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Ubilam
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Those are great, Martin! Beautiful and well photo'd.
Being a Canuck, I always remembered the Harvard trainer
as all yellow here. Special unforgettable sound that motor makes
when going into a dive...
Ubi.
I used my monopod for all the aircraft shots - but I'm certainly far from a monopod expert - I use the Manfrotto 680B with a standard tilt head and I'm happy with it. Others may have better recommendations (esp. if you want a lighter monopod). One thing I like about the one I have is it is very comfortable resting on my shoulder. I don’t have it yet but I plan on getting a three-legged folding base for the monopod (to make kind of a small semi-stable tripod) – it’s something Daniella’s uses.
Absolutely NO offense taken, I consider myself more of a rank amateur, learning every day. I recognize that there are many on this forum that are far better than I am. I switched from film after almost 30-yrs (I started quite young…) to DSLR almost a year ago and, surprising to me, there has been more of a learning curve than I’d expect.
This forum and its members have been a great source of information for me.
Looks like a shot of either Air Force One or Two – they do touch-and-go practice regularly at a nearby airport. I haven’t managed my timing to get a picture of one yet, they don’t broadcast their schedule well. You were in a good position....Here is an other one of my aircraft shots...
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Ubilam
Guest
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~~~~~~~~Beautiful hand launch of an R C Glider
Your pic shows how to do it properly with a hand-launch electric
glider... use two people that know what they're doing!
Heres my result of not taking any "pilot's" lessons after building
a model plane. It's a 6' balsa wing and 'grabbed' the air nice.
The rest of this electric plane was a gnarled unfortunate mess after
the first 5.2 second flight. Big downer after so much work (2 weeks
model building) but was eye-opener. Always use a pro model flyer for
first launches.
The wing is about 15 years old and I couldn't thro it out.
Ubi.
