Timeline for How do I take pictures of planes flying at an airshow?
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| Oct 14, 2016 at 16:53 | comment | added | Michael C | The rolling shutter effect is a result of any mechanical focal plane shutter when used with shutter speeds at or higher than flash sync speeds. The shorter the shutter time, the more pronounced the effect. | |
| Feb 15, 2014 at 11:13 | comment | added | JulianHzg | On very old aircraft (see commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/… ) or propeller aircraft landing (see commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/… ) shutter speeds around and below 1/100 can be necessary to capture the prop rotation in an aesthetic way. You just need a steady hand then, and you shouldn't be afraid to mess up many shots to get a few good ones. | |
| Feb 4, 2013 at 19:37 | history | edited | JamWheel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
fixed a silly typo
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| Feb 4, 2013 at 19:33 | comment | added | JamWheel | @2-Stroker not that slow - I do sometimes for fun but as long as the aircraft isn't coming in to land on or below 1/320 should work. If the aircraft is on final approach they will have a generally lower throttle setting so the propeller are turning more slowly so you need to reduce the shutter speed still. | |
| Feb 4, 2013 at 5:56 | comment | added | GoodSp33d | @JamWheel when you say slow shutter speed, do you mean 1/30,1/80 something, as anything slower than that I need a tripod. | |
| Jun 6, 2011 at 7:14 | comment | added | JamWheel | I shoot both full frame and 1.3 crop (I tend to use the 300 + 1.4tc on the 1.3 crop). @rfusca i am pretty sure Canon don't use a rolling shutter for taking stills, a virtual rolling shutter is used for video i think. Prop aircraft you need to stay below the speed which freezes the propellor - this varies from aircraft to aircraft | |
| Jun 5, 2011 at 17:25 | comment | added | ysap | Very cool shots! | |
| Jun 5, 2011 at 4:53 | vote | accept | RiddlerDev | ||
| Jun 4, 2011 at 21:27 | comment | added | rfusca | Note, JamWheel shoots fullframe - so take that into account with his focal length choices if you shoot crop sensor. | |
| Jun 4, 2011 at 21:19 | comment | added | rfusca | So, on propeller aircraft - do you want to stay below the flash (non hss) sync speed? Not because of actually using flash, but because that's where the rolling curtain effect would start to show curved blades? | |
| Jun 4, 2011 at 20:16 | history | edited | JamWheel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Edited to add examples as requested by @rfusca in chat
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| Jun 4, 2011 at 19:57 | history | answered | JamWheel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
