Robert,
I haven’t tried the metering modes yet – use evaluative metering.
However I spent some time yesterday messing around with the various other settings in Manual mode.
Look at how heavily exposed this pic of an Atlas Air Boeing 742F is.
This was shot at ISO 200, Shutter speed of 1/80, Focal Length 300mm and AV of 5.6
Have you tried adjusting the white balance setting from Auto to Daylight?
Like most things it’s probably trial and error, although all of your shots that you post are of high quality.
Mark
Mark
the picture you attached looks very burnt out for the settings you used.
If you used manual mode did you check that the exposure indicator said that you was using the right speed/apt. (obvious i know, and dont mean to sound patronising)
I use a 10d and have never had any picture bleached that bad, relying on the cameras meter.
I also use evaluative metering most of the time, especially when the plane is filling the photo. If the plane is a little small in the picture, or the sky is very light i switch to c/w and meter from something with a midtone like a runway etc.
dont know if this is any help, but it works for me (most of the time 😉 )
Dean
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