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R5 on AirPower 2022

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SigZero
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Re: R5 on AirPower 2022

Karl_Guttag wrote:

SigZero wrote:

This year I've decided to visit AirPower airshow in Zeltweg Austria.

All taken with my R5 with RF 100-500, some with 1.4x converter.

As for parameters: all on electronic shutter, Tracking AF (all area) with subject set to "none", Av with Auto ISO (with manual modifications for some propeller photos)

Thanks for sharing the photos (here and on your site) and your camera settings. I particularly liked the heat blur off the jet engines. I also liked how you didn't just crank up the 1/3000th and freeze everything on the jets.

I'm curious why you chose to use Av with Auto ISO. My go-to for air shows is Manual with Auto-ISO. I typically leave the RF100-500 at f11 and then adjust the shutter speed based on the motion blur I want to achieve (vs. the better hit rate at higher shutter speeds). I typically use an ND4 with prop planes to keep the ISO above 100 at slower shutter speeds.

This is my long-term habit, which (in my opinion) gives me the option to shoot at lowest possible ISO. With 20fps (this is really stupid with Canon that there is no way to set slower frame rate with ES on R5) I can sacrifice shoots with motion blur (I always get some non-blurred in series for each "scene").

But using M with fixed aperture and shutter speed for sure will be my option for next airshow (unfortunately that will be probably next year).

What IS mode did you use on the RF100-500? I think I am settled on Mode 2 as being the best when shooting moving subjects.

Exclusively IS mode 2. Mode 1 is (for obvious reasons) useless in any moving subject scenario and IS mode 3 is not comfortable with me - It is more difficult to track subject in frame with mode 3 comparing to mode 2.

Br, Pawel

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