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March 5, 2007 at 1:20 pm in reply to: Prop Blur – Canon 350D #456996

darrenharbar
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Hello

Can anyone advise me please. I have a Canon 350D and use a Canon 75-300mm EF lens for airshows (Sorry to say divorce beckons if I purchase anything larger in the lens department).

I have found on ‘sport’ mode the camera captures flypasts by all aircraft with 99% of the time capturing super detail but as it is in high speed freezes the props. I have tried the manual settings mainly in the ‘Tv’ setting and ISO speed either 200/250/320; but I get 75% of all my images blurred if an aircraft flies past.

Anyone with superior knowledge out there offer some good advice?:confused:

Tv (shutter priority) is the right mode to use, and the speed at 1/320th or less should stop the problem of stationary props. As the others have already said, the lower the speed the better, but you can use faster speeds for take off, than for landings as the aircrafts power settings will influence things. The other thing you need to do, is set the focus to AI Servo. In sports mode, you get servo, but no control over the shutter speed, so go for Tv mode with Servo focus.

March 4, 2007 at 10:31 am in reply to: Grace Spitfire ready for 2007 #1284532

darrenharbar
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Stunning picture’s of my favourite preserved Spitfire.

Now if only you hadn’t popped your name across the image’s I might have been tempted to change the desktop pic on my laptop. 😀

Ive got to say she looks a lot better now that she has a sky coloured spinner once more.

Why did she go to a black spinner after all those years. Was it historically accurate?

Being a bit anoraky I know but just wondered.

The original spinner was causing vibrations, and the black spinner was used whilst the corrections were made to the problem one.

March 3, 2007 at 4:14 pm in reply to: Duxford warming up for new season – FRiday 2nd March #1285100

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TFC Corsair

And the Chippy

March 3, 2007 at 4:13 pm in reply to: Duxford warming up for new season – FRiday 2nd March #1285103

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Tom Blair’s Spitfire and Bouchon

March 3, 2007 at 7:59 am in reply to: Spitfire RW386 flies… #1285443

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Not quite up to Darrens standard, but here’s Lee Proudfoot & RW386 today.

Don’t under estimate your shot mate, it’s pin sharp, and well captured.

March 2, 2007 at 5:56 pm in reply to: Spitfire RW386 flies… #1286101

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[QUOTE=Roobarb;1087024]

Who’ll be first to post photos of the event then…..?

Paul F

My money’s on Darren seeing as:
A) he was out on the field with the hubble telescope attached to his camera body!
B) My pictures are on the way to the lab!

However, there were a number of other contenders so we’ll have to be patient for now.

Nice to see JG891 and the Buchon enjoying the March sunshine as well.

OK then!

More to follow, tommorow.

February 14, 2007 at 3:38 pm in reply to: lovely tribute to concorde #1302476

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I have a copy of the book on my desk, that was sent for review. It has very little to do with the airframe itself, and appears to be full of quite random images in my opinion. Some may like this, as has been proved by comments above, but for me, I was really dissapointed. Peter March has a much nicer book available, with some great images in it.

February 11, 2007 at 1:49 pm in reply to: BBMF is 50 #1306117

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What a greta idea Len, I will get some scanning underway to add some pics.

Do think LF looked great in black.

February 9, 2007 at 7:14 pm in reply to: Concorde SST drop model information #1307412

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Here are the images of the Tornado models as promised.

The drop test model spent some time at NASA and was dropped from a helicopter as shown below.

It had some rather interesting company…

And this is how it looks now

The other model in its new paint

The sqn website is http://www.134.org.uk if anyone is interested.

February 9, 2007 at 1:30 pm in reply to: Concorde SST drop model information #1307844

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I go past them every day and i have always wonderd what they are. Now i know, one is now painted in Rasberry ripple colour scheme and the other is camoflaged.

As I used to be CO of 134(Bedford) sqn at the former RAF Cardington site, I guess I can help clarify some points on the Tornado models. I will post some images later tonight of the aircraft in service use, and life in their current home.

The F2 (yellow) aircraft is now painted as an F3 in air defence grey, and has had undercarriage specially made for it so that it can be displayed as a gate guardian. A considerable amount of work went into the restoration of this model and thanks to the drive of AWO Ollie Browne, it now looks superb. The other model was constructed from a large amount of wood, and the glue has failed over the years. The restoration is still in progress, but the Tornado will represent the BAe Bedford airframe when complete. This is the aircraft that used to be painted in camouflage.

January 21, 2007 at 8:12 pm in reply to: A few old air to airs (jets) #540038

darrenharbar
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Wow. That’s a unique, stunning collection of shots there. Amazing.

Out of interest, were/are you in the RAF as a crewmember on the Tristar?

Sorry Adam, I missed your question earlier.

All these shots were tken on the same flight, I was just very lucky to get such a selection. At the time, I held an RAF commission in the VR(t), which allowed me to fly in RAF aircraft. My best friend was a pilot on 216 (although he wasn’t flying the aircraft that day). The two factors made this possible.

January 21, 2007 at 4:53 pm in reply to: A few old air to airs (jets) #540048

darrenharbar
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Superb shots, although spoiled for me at least by the huge and ugly watermarks. I understand your reasons for using them, I just don’t see the point in taking such wonderful images and spoiling them for the people trying to appreciate your work.

You’re one lucky man to have had the opportunity to take them though, and I love the name… Focal Plane Images. 🙂

Paul

Fair comment Paul, but image theft is quite an issue, and it’s the only way to get some form of protection. The only other option is not to post the images, but I like sharing my shots so that they don’t just exist when published.

January 18, 2007 at 4:40 pm in reply to: Hangar 11 Developments! #1331107

darrenharbar
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Peters website pictures show it just last month. Take a look.

January 11, 2007 at 4:53 pm in reply to: Princess Liz for sale/sold? #1246523

darrenharbar
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Welcome back Roobs…..that’s one hell of a way to get out of doing DIY!!

He is however now very focussed on forum postings for a few months…!

And on the Princess, thanks TFC for the seasons we have had with her.

January 5, 2007 at 9:27 pm in reply to: Blenheim and Rolls Royce Spitfire RM689 Restoration progress #1251723

darrenharbar
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Images of the Blenheim here..

Darren Harbour posted some recant progress pictures on here amongst other people recently of the Blenheim. Do a search and you will find it.

http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=66093

p.s. Ollie, its HARBAR not Harbour..cheers:) .
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