For the aviation fans out there:

Luke · 19 Jul 2006 at 14:18

Made you look! This is a actually a cunning ploy to get some advice from you...

I'm going the the War and Peace show over the weekend and plan to take some shots of aircraft on the ground and in the air.
Assuming the weather is like it is now (i.e. bright blue skies) what would be a good starting point for settings on my S9500?
I'm guessing I want a pretty fast shutter speed to avoid blurring, but am not sure what apature or ISO settings to use as a base.
If I get a shot on Auto, will the exif info give me all the info I need to start playing with depth of focus etc?

JonnyGLC · 19 Jul 2006 at 15:04

I'm not going to reply on topic, i was expecting aeroplanes.

mrgubby · 19 Jul 2006 at 15:10

Have a look at the EXIF info in the shots in this thread and this one . They should give you a good idea

Mint_Sauce · 19 Jul 2006 at 15:11

with the sun being as bright as it is you should use ISO 100 or whatever is the lowest setting (i.e. 50 would be better). Then make sure the shutter speed is high for moving planes and you also need to track with them.

If you want blurred backgrounds as an aircraft flys past then use a slower shutter and pan with the aircraft to blur the background.

Use an aperture of around 6-12, I would guess that would work out ok but the avaiation guys will know better.

Luke · 19 Jul 2006 at 15:33

A random name said:
I'm not going to reply on topic, i was expecting aeroplanes.

Sorry....

Luke · 19 Jul 2006 at 15:33

Mint_Sauce said:
with the sun being as bright as it is you should use ISO 100 or whatever is the lowest setting (i.e. 50 would be better). Then make sure the shutter speed is high for moving planes and you also need to track with them.

If you want blurred backgrounds as an aircraft flys past then use a slower shutter and pan with the aircraft to blur the background.

Use an aperture of around 6-12, I would guess that would work out ok but the avaiation guys will know better.

Thanks for that, I can shoot at ISO 80, so that's a good start.
That's appreciated.

scoop · 19 Jul 2006 at 16:22

Might also be worth trying upping the exposure compensation by +1/3 or +2/3 if you're shooting against a bright sky, to help prevent underexposing and silhouetting the planes while the camera meters against the bright expanse of blue.