Airshow settings, tips and advice

andrei1989 wrote:

I‘ll be attending the Airpower airshow this coming weekend and of course i‘ll bring my Fuji kit. The plan is to have the x-pro1 with the 16-80 and the x-s10 with the 70-300+1.4xTC. I‘ll bring along the x100s and maybe a prime or two, but don‘t expect i‘ll get to use them much..

My questions to the forum would be:

1. what would be the best AF-C settings, especially for the x-s10, for tracking planes? (Last airshow i attended was back in 2015 and i had a canon back then)

2. how can i maximize the burst duration of the cameras? I don‘t think i‘ll go into ES mode with the x-s10, maybe the 8fps will be fine…or should i go to the 20fps ES? Should i switch to compressed or lossless compressed? I usually shoot uncompressed raw. I‘ll be using a SanDisk Extreme Pro 64GB memory card, it‘s the fastest for the x-s10 from what i‘ve read.

any other general tips for getting the best out of my cameras and the airshow?

Recommendations:

• Ware ear plugs for the jets
• If you can get close to the flight line you will not need the TC
• Consider using a polarizer if there are clouds to make them stand out.  It can also work on the aircraft
• You don't need more than 10 FPS except when trying to capture aircraft coming from opposite directions.  
• 1/125 for prop aircraft to get the full disk.  This will reduce your keeper rate
• Shoot lossless compressed and bring extra storage

Have a blast!

Morris