You did a great deal more than Point & Click to get this shot – you might have done it subconsciously, or even as part of a burst of pictures – but as the shutter stops presentation through the viewfinder on these kinds of cameras (unlike true SLRs), you must have been panning and judging and all sorts to get it so well:

Canon C-740UZ

Yes, if you mean, Olympus Camedia, very clear shots, too.

The Tutor was designed the year I was born – hhhmmmm – am I Vintage.

Well all the girls I know seem to think so 😡

I guess Gateguard hasn’t read the rules!

Yes, and no. Those that can achieve all that, within a limited timeframe, with a camera which isn’t exactly designed for the task, takes a bit more than just out and out luck.

Part of the competition’s aim is to see how well this type of camera handles this type of work, too.

This picture by Guzziniel, for instance, must have employed settings other than the default, shows a great degree of steadiness of hand, too and – importantly – timing.

To get a blurred prop, on an S5000 at least, is difficult to do full stop!

Why must the planes be in flight?

Because it is harder to do!

Taking a photo of a static aircraft is relatively easy – you can get to chose your position, wait for lighting, etc. Not so with a plane in flight, where you only get a relatively few seconds of even a 5 or 10 minute display with a camera like this – or even less if it’s just a flypast.

Coanda – they’re lovelly – BUT, if they’ve been taken with an SLR Non-Digital camera, they are disqualified too.

The competition is for Non SLR – but Digital Cameras, such as the Fuji Finepix S5000 – digital, but not SLR. Scanned photos are disqualified.

Cheaper cameras with through the lens viewfinders are not necessarily SLRs, as they simply provide a small LCD viewscreen.

Lovelly, though – as I said.

Yep – please don’t forget this is a competition – the best Vintage aircraft, photographed in flight, this year, by a non- SLR digital camera, such as the S5000 or of similar design or lower price.

I’ll close the competition on Sunday next, then everyone (contributor or not) can vote on their favourite.