BAT Bantam when it was displayed in the Aviodrome.

Thank you very much for the heads-up Tim. I hold very good memories of my visit to BBMF a few years ago.

That Starfighter looks magnificient in its Canadian livery, although somehow I still prefer how it looked in its original Dutch livery. 😀

This is the first time I took the D7100 out and I’m still not quite sure what focussing mode is the best one for airwshows, any advice would be more than welcome.

For airshow photography my advice would be to use the “AF-ON method”, which I’ve been using with D2x, D300, D700 and D800 camera’s. To set up the D7100 for this method, you have to do the following:

1. set camera to AF-C
2. set a1: Selection AF-C priority to Release
3. set a4: AE-L/AF-L button to AF-ON (focussing can now only be done using the AE-L/AF-L button)
4. set Dynamic Field AF to either 9 or 21 points for fastest focus acquisition.

Now you just follow your target and keep the AE-L/AF-L button pressed to keep the target in focus. You can release the shutter at any moment. This method may take a bit of time to get used to, but you might like it and also prevents “hunting” of the auto focus.

One other point of advice: be careful not to frame the aircraft too tightly, especially into the direction of flight. A bit of air around the plane often gives a more balanced and natural look. This of course is not a hard rule, as sometimes a very tight crop as in your Chinook head-on picture can also be very pleasing.

My apologies.

Thawes,

No harm done; apologies accepted of course. 😉

What happened to this one? (Schiphol Airport Amsterdam – 1966)

5D would lose the flash too if needed

For airshows I don’t use a flash very often………:D:D