Shutter speed and other things!
This is all great advice, thanks to everyone for posting. It seems like one of the prosumer range would be within my budget, even though my old mum used to say “if you buy cheap you buy twice”…
Anyway, two further questions-
How useful is image stabilization to getting good shots of aircraft in flight? Will this help in keeping the object in focus or will it end up spoiling any sense of speed? Also what is its effect on prop blur?
What about software for dealing with the results- are the programs that come with the bundle any good? I suppose there is no point buying at the top of my budget if I don’t have software that will do the results justice. But if the shots are good in the first place then they shouldn’t need any b*ggering about with, yes?
Image stabilization is not a must, but to be honest I would not buy a Zoom lense without it, it does help with the shaky hands but I think its most useful asset is in giving you an approximate ‘two stops’ benefit. It does in a sense help keep the aircraft in focus, however ultimately how well focused an aircraft is, is going to depend on the camera auto focus system if on one of the automatic settings. If the camera is on manual then it is down to skill and a little bit of luck.
Prop blur is simply down to shutter speed, the higher the speed setting the less blur, fast enought and you can defy the laws of the known universe and stop the aircraft, no prop blur no sign of forward motion. however remember that you will need to trade off shutter speed against aperture to get the depth of field you want for your next masterpiece.
As to image software that which is supplied with the camera will get you started, beyond that you cannot go far wrong with ‘Adobe Elements’.
The two ‘747’ pictures were taken with an Eos 20D, using a 75 – 300mm IS lens, as was the Ryan and Skyraider.
The aircraft formation is were dept of field can become really important see the attached taken at this years Legends.
Happy picture taking!
Cheers
Eric
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