By: wannabe pilot - 31st March 2004 at 20:16
Yeah I have a digital video camera with 500X optical zoom. Very good for footage, but the ‘snapshots’ aren’t all that good really. i just usually use them when I’m flying cos I can record the take-off and such. This thread that I did a while ago has a loada snaphots taken off my video camera, not too good as you can see.
http://forum.airforces.info/showthread.php?s=&threadid=15352&highlight=lanzarote+report
By: Airline owner - 31st March 2004 at 20:11
is it normal feeling nervous showing your first set of piccies to a community of people youve never seen
By: LBARULES - 31st March 2004 at 20:10
Yep we will 🙂
By: Airline owner - 31st March 2004 at 20:09
i’ll soon see wont i on Friday and so will you hopefully
By: LBARULES - 31st March 2004 at 20:07
For actually taking pictures, you might have been better spending less and getting a dedicated camera. Quality might not be great if its a camcorder as well.
By: Jeanske_SN - 31st March 2004 at 20:06
You will notice that finding a good zoom is difficult, therefore you should take pictures at the highest resolution available and then cut them out on your computer in an official picture size of course. Sometimes I use my tripod, but for approaching aircraft I take the camera off.
By: tenthije - 31st March 2004 at 20:05
Digital zoom is pointless, you are better of not using it and using the optical zoom only.
When you use the digital zoom, the camera cuts out large sections of the photo and throws it away. Therefore you loose a lot of detail. If you really want to zoom in, use the optical zoom. If that is not enough you should modify the photo on the computer using paint shop pro or something similar.
By: Airline owner - 31st March 2004 at 20:03
a camera and a video cam
By: LBARULES - 31st March 2004 at 20:02
Is a Sharp Viewcam a camcorder?
By: Airline owner - 31st March 2004 at 19:49
well i will be using a Sharp viewcam Z with a 500X digital zoom whatever the hell that means. it sounds good for £650
By: wannabe pilot - 31st March 2004 at 19:47
What camera do you use?
By: Airline owner - 31st March 2004 at 19:42
can you show me one you have done because i want to post them and i do want them to look good
By: tenthije - 31st March 2004 at 19:02
you move it along with the plane. Put the shutter time as short as you can. Once you mastered shooting those planes you can make the shutter time longer and make action shots with motion blur.
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