Just got my P1000

My first newbie post so be gentle please.

Im interested in aircraft photography.

Ive seen lots of high altitude pictures, what are the best settings for high altitude? or should I start with auto?

I dont know a lot about the manual settings.

Any advice please.

SwindonSeagull said:

My first newbie post so be gentle please.

Im interested in aircraft photography.

Ive seen lots of high altitude pictures, what are the best settings for high altitude? or should I start with auto?

I dont know a lot about the manual settings.

Any advice please.

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Personally I prefer photographing taxiing airliners from aside, e.g.



than flying airliners from below, e.g.



because the latter usually show a dark bottom and not a full livery.

SwindonSeagull said:

My first newbie post so be gentle please.

Im interested in aircraft photography.

Ive seen lots of high altitude pictures, what are the best settings for high altitude? or should I start with auto?

I dont know a lot about the manual settings.

Any advice please.

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Welcome to the forum - looking forward to your aircraft photos.

Don't know if I'm particularly qualified to direct you about flying aircraft? Hopefully you will receive some good specifics from others. Might be helpful to know your photography experience in general, i.e. had a superzoom before, familiar with dslr's, do you post-process (edit) your photos?

I wouldn't fret over not shooting in manual. Keep in mind this is a sophisticated camera, and there will be a general learning curve, about how it works.

First, I would make sure you had a good copy of your P1000 - in case you don't it can be returned if need be. Take a stationary object in good light at different distances away from it, and zooming at different focal lengths. Take some close-up photos of small things, maybe flowers. Take the photos off the card and view on your computer that you are satisfied they are sharp, and in focus.

P1000 is a big camera - no matter what you photo handheld - you should be aware of how you hold the camera, means developing a consistent technique and consciously hold the camera steady. Applies to anything you wish to shoot - holding the camera correctly is first step.

This post from a frustrated P1000 beginner - if you don't mind scrolling mid-way down or so I offered hand-holding technique - not necessarily the gospel, important thing is be consistent and practice so its normal part of your shooting-flow - you can copy/paste to a doc for future reference.

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/4343981

For specific settings for the flying aircraft I'll leave that to others more knowledgeable.

Ev

PS - only aircraft photo I ever took, just pointed the P900 in the air using the P mode - it was high, but of course moving slow - related to editing your photos if I would have used a dehaze feature in my free software it would have been much clearer. This was straight out of camera, near as I can remember.

https://evsphotos.smugmug.com/St-Lo...s-Migratory-Bird-Sanctuary-832018/i-65w6T35/A

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https://evsphotos.smugmug.com/

I worked on aircraft for 35 years and no longer live to close to a major airport so dot spotting will be the majority....

Brilliant....thanks for that....just waiting for it to stop raining so I can go and play.,

(sunny when I'm at work grey and dull when im off!)

BIRD MODE....they look the same at high altitude!

Welcome to the forum and congratulations for the new camera!

I only tried shooting cruising jets; the legend says a high-altitude jet shot is good enough if you can read the registration number on its left wing:





Happy shooting,

Augustin

Welcome to the forum and will look forward to aircraft and any photo you choose, the forum members are very helpful.

Augustin Man said:

Welcome to the forum and congratulations for the new camera!

I only tried shooting cruising jets; the legend says a high-altitude jet shot is good enough if you can read the registration number on its left wing:



Happy shooting,

Augustin

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Good shot!
I have only a P900. According to Flightradar24, this guy was at about 35,000 feet:



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Patco
A photograph is more than a bunch of pixels.

Augustin Man said:

Welcome to the forum and congratulations for the new camera!

I only tried shooting cruising jets; the legend says a high-altitude jet shot is good enough if you can read the registration number on its left wing:



Happy shooting,

Augustin

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I like your and Patco's high-flying plane shots! Perhaps at high altitudes, a plane's bottom won't be too dark. Flying high is a symbol for success, happiness and freedom, as a line in the movie Cool Hand Luke goes: "We're here digging and dying, he's there living and flying!"

Patco my friend, your image is also excellent! I have more jet images shot with P900 too, but the OP asked about the P1000 camera.

Happy shooting and stay safe,

Augustin

Thank you very much for the interesting comment!

Happy shooting,

Augustin

Have the same interest but use a canon sx60, quite a few people I know are using p1000 so can help with advice, welcome to come say hello.

Good day. I see here that some of you have received your P1000 in the last week. My husband and I have been trying to purchase one from many places and we see they’re out of stock. Estimates on how long people are waiting? Also, is it a fantastic buy? Thank in advance.

birding_girl55 said:

Good day. I see here that some of you have received your P1000 in the last week. My husband and I have been trying to purchase one from many places and we see they’re out of stock. Estimates on how long people are waiting? Also, is it a fantastic buy? Thank in advance.

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No idea on P1000 but the P950 is available currently at BestBuy if you're interested.

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Sherm
Sherms flickr page

P950 album

P900 album

Question to P1000 or P950 experts who take photos of high altitude aircraft.

What setting do you use for auto focus? obviously at 35000 ft the aircraft are at least 3km away and moving very fast so zoomed in to over 2000mm

Do you use auto focus or manual?

Do you use spot focus or normal?

Sometimes my photos are acceptable other times complete rubbish.

I know when its hot the atmospherics in the air effect the photos a lot.

Any advice please..