Shoot Using Time Value Settings

The Broome County Department of Aviation and the Greater Binghamton Airport jointly conducted the 2009 Binghamton Airshow teaming up with David Schultz Airshows LLC. It was on the 4-5th July and I had an opportunity to visit on the 5th July.

The Firebirds Extreme Aerobatics
(Canon T1i, 18-55mm, ISO 200, 1/1600)

One of the main reasons I attended the show was to be able to take some shots and try out my new Canon T1i. Although the lens that I carried was not the typical lens to shoot flights in motion but thought of trying my best to capture some good photos. I wanted to put my new camera into action.  While shooting I came across a pro-photographer (www.jessesimmersphoto.com) using these huge prime lens and with two cameras. I happen to shoot next to him. Fortunately to explore further, he let me use his 24-105mm lens and few tips. His tips were to use manual focus, continuous shoot and zoom at 105mm. So did I follow. Here are few photos of the F-16 fly machine.

USAF F-16 Viper West Demonstration
(Canon T1i, 24-105mm, ISO 200, 1/1600, Shot at 105mm)

The whole shots on the F-16 were done using 24-105mm lens. I was able to get an hang of what I was shooting. The Continuous shoot helped me several times to get some very sharp shots. The following is one of them with very clear details about F-16.

USAF F-16 Viper West Demonstration
(Canon T1i, 24-105mm, ISO 200, 1/1600, Shot at 105mm)

Carol Pilon Third Strike WingWalking
(Canon T1i, 24-105mm, ISO 200, 1/1600, Shot at 105mm)

I wish I had a telephoto lens and would help capturing some sharp, closer images. At the end of the day my experiment and learning did pay off. What I learnt from this shoot is summarized below

1. Shoot Manually

2. Use the Time Value settings with 1/1600

3. Aperture was somewhere between F/4 and F/5.6

4. ISO 200

More photos

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Perhaps the reason’s to keep my photography hobby off were my school and my family. My school work is completed and graduated but my daughter keeps us real busy. She is a year and half now.

I started to get back to my hobbies and thought rejuvanating myself with my lost hobby. At the same time one of my colleague transferred his photography bug which I acquired instantly when I peeked at his Canon XSi Digital SLR. His gear was a Canan XSi DSLR with a nifty-fifty lens and added a 70 – 200mm F/4 L lens later. All of these made an excellent advanced amateur photographer’s gear.

I ventured into my lost photography hobby by looking at several websites, reviewing materials and also some personal suggestions from friends. At that time Canon was coming up with T1i which had this inbuilt HD video recording capability, waited for a month and there you go! I had my Canon T1i with HD Video capability. My photography gear is now made up of Canon T1i DSLR, 18-55 F/3.6-5.6 lens that comes with package, bought a nifty-fifty 50mm F1.8 and finally invested in 70-200mm F/4 L IS lens 15 days ago. Although this lens is expensive I bought it because of its picture quality, image stabilization and its worth in retaining its value even years later. BTW I did not give a second thought for other camera brands such as Nikkon, Olympus, Sony, Pentax or others because I had used film SLR from Canon before and my instinct pushed to look for Canon only. This kit setup kick starts like a pro!

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