Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Oliver, great shots, particularly the one where they are flying in over the bridge. The noise doesn't look all that bad at all, I've definitely seen worse from my Canon 300D in some high ISO situations. Shooting aerobatic teams is not the easiest thing to do - I know from experience :-) Cheers Douglas Oliver Bryk wrote: > I posted some pictures of a flight demonstration over San Francisco Bay by > the US Navy's "Blue Angels" on 10/09/09 at > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OBRYK/Blue_Angels/ . > > All images were made with the Leica M8 and the 90mm Elmarit at f/11. I had > never used ISO 640 before but selected it for this shoot because I > anticipated a need for shutter speeds of at least 1/1000 sec for the low > level flights over the water by the F/A-18s. In retrospect I should have > used ISO 320 and f/8 in order to avoid the noise of the ISO 640 that > becomes > noticeable even at modest enlargements. > > I also experimented with the M8's "C" shutter setting that I had never used > before; the album includes several sequences made in this mode. I was > pleasantly surprised that I had not completely forgotten how to pan > although > tracking an F/A-18 at low altitude in the small 90mm viewfinder frame was a > bit of a challenge. I did not crop these images. > > Oliver > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >