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General => General Discussion => Photography => Topic started by: String on June 15, 2009, 12:51:54 PM

Title: My first aircraft photo.
Post by: String on June 15, 2009, 12:51:54 PM

I caught this ryan air flight passing over coast.
ISO 400
shutter speed 1200
auto focus on AF/C
70-300mm lens

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Title: Re: My first aircraft photo.
Post by: casper on June 15, 2009, 01:07:41 PM

Looking alot better. If you get similar conditions again try dropping the ISO to 200 which should give you a speed of around 1/640 which is still fast enough for the focal length of the lens. How are you finding the new camera?

Title: Re: My first aircraft photo.
Post by: String on June 15, 2009, 01:12:09 PM

It's dead easy to use once you set up the small wheel that selects shutter speed it's great. still working out the best ISO No's for each condition as we have some black clouds over head but brilliant sunshine over the coast i thought ISO 400 would do.
here is one without being croped to give you and idea of how far away it was.

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Title: Re: My first aircraft photo.
Post by: Dave on June 15, 2009, 01:46:49 PM

You should nip over to BHD for an hour or two someday and spot from Ikea  :)

Title: Re: My first aircraft photo.
Post by: String on June 15, 2009, 01:56:48 PM

Just caught 2 helicopters

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Title: Re: My first aircraft photo.
Post by: String on June 15, 2009, 02:42:21 PM

Does anyone know the type of helicopters they are.
i'm not they clued up on these things yet but i will get here.
I hope.  ;) ;) ;) ;)

Title: Re: My first aircraft photo.
Post by: Angry Turnip on June 17, 2009, 01:41:00 PM

Top one is Eurocopter EC155 and the other is an AS-350 Squirrel.

Title: Re: My first aircraft photo.
Post by: String on June 17, 2009, 03:15:26 PM

Quote from: Angry Turnip on June 17, 2009, 01:41:00 PM

Top one is Eurocopter EC155 and the other is an AS-350 Squirrel.

Thanks for the info i will write all this stuff down for future reference