Soldato
Hadn't been for a few years, certainly not with this much current technology..... D7200 + 80-400 (current version), the trip yesterday was good day out and excellent weather.
Now I've done airshows probably for 30+ years, shooting film and manual focus in the beginning.... later with autofocus on an F80 etc.
From the results it's clear I'm out of practice, as I'm not happy with the sharpness, or lack of from the fly shots.
So wondering how others fair, and how you've found best to use all the latest gizmo's a DSLR's has to offer.
As I was shoot prop's so it's seemed 1/320 sec was fastest I could go without stopping them to much. 1/400 tops if they were on full power..... Knocked the ISO back to 100 and ended up with an aperture around F8.
VR switched on, used "normal" not active, is that best way?
Shooting on Continuous low, Focus I tried centre only, 5 point and 3D..
The 3D options looked to jump around the focus points a bit, I was fearing it would hook onto the background clouds at the wrong moment, so I used centre focus point mostly.
I assuming focus kept up, and the issue is camera shake even with VR it was too much, well hand holding 1/320 with an effective length of 400-600mm is I guess ambitious?
I use to use a mono-pod, sometime not extended, then hook the foot on top of my belt to make support but keep freedom to pan. (is that going to work with VR, or switch it off)
So what are others magic tips and techniques.......
You'll notice I haven't posted any examples.... deliberately
Now I've done airshows probably for 30+ years, shooting film and manual focus in the beginning.... later with autofocus on an F80 etc.
From the results it's clear I'm out of practice, as I'm not happy with the sharpness, or lack of from the fly shots.
So wondering how others fair, and how you've found best to use all the latest gizmo's a DSLR's has to offer.
As I was shoot prop's so it's seemed 1/320 sec was fastest I could go without stopping them to much. 1/400 tops if they were on full power..... Knocked the ISO back to 100 and ended up with an aperture around F8.
VR switched on, used "normal" not active, is that best way?
Shooting on Continuous low, Focus I tried centre only, 5 point and 3D..
The 3D options looked to jump around the focus points a bit, I was fearing it would hook onto the background clouds at the wrong moment, so I used centre focus point mostly.
I assuming focus kept up, and the issue is camera shake even with VR it was too much, well hand holding 1/320 with an effective length of 400-600mm is I guess ambitious?
I use to use a mono-pod, sometime not extended, then hook the foot on top of my belt to make support but keep freedom to pan. (is that going to work with VR, or switch it off)
So what are others magic tips and techniques.......
You'll notice I haven't posted any examples.... deliberately
