---- Cotty <cotty...@mac.com> wrote: > On 27/4/09, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >Shooting WWII aircraft. What's a good compromise shutter speed. I > >define "good" as sharp images of the airframe with a realistic blurring > >of the props? > > > >I'm shooting an 80 - 200 fast zoom on a K10D. Hand held. High shutter > >speeds work for the jets, but 1/250 or above freezes the props on old > >piston aircraft - makes it look like the engine's stopped. > > > >Aperture priority didn't work out as well as I hoped, nor was the > >mono-pod very effective - great for panning, but aggravating as heck for > >overhead shots ... > > > >No way to use a tripod. If I'd set it up, some ***** would have knocked > >it over. As it was, I was constantly being jostled by idiots. > > John, here's a very old PDML meet...might give you some ideas.... > > <http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/pdml/index.html> > > sorry, no large images. I think Mike Wilson's shot half way down on the > left is brilliant.
600/4, Sachtler tripod, Z1-p, one of the 100asa Ektachromes. You can see the wing reflected in his mirror shades on the original. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
