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Here is one of my lined up "artful" shots. Corsair coming in to land shot over the wing of a P-51. Then a couple of shots of the Super Corsair doing it's routine. IN the inverted shot, I didn't realize that I had caught a puff of the smoke. Nothing like a fast shutter!
 

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Thanks everyone. Here is an experiment in shutter speed and prop blur. Shot 1 is with the camera on full auto everything. Nice shot, but the prop stands still. Yuck! Next shot at shutter speed 250, ISO 200. Good, but not there yet. 250 works great for aerial shots, but taxiing requires a bit lower. The next three are sutter speed at 125, ISO 200. Much better. The prop blur gives a much better feeling of motion.
 

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A fellow aviation photographer showed me some great tips and tricks. The one thing you have to watch closely though with the lower shutter speeds is the lens shake at high magnification. The steadier your stance, the better.
 
Thanks guys. I realized quickly that this camera was way more than I had the skills for. The only way to fix that is to work on my skills. If I were only going to shoot on auto, I would have bought a point and shoot!
 
Apologies as I meant to put this on the previous memo. 250 on a taxiing aircraft works pretty well.
 

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Not bad, Glider. Bring it down a little further and you can get close to a full prop arc. But it requires a steady hand. In my aerial shots, I was shooting 1000-2000 shutter range, which is way too high. That's why I have been working on lower speeds to get some blur of the prop with the plane still in focus. I don't remember the ISO setting, but I recall it being about 800. Again, too high. I have been shooting this weekend in shutter priority at 12-250 film speed with a 200 ISO. Still learning!
 
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