I have many hours doing aerial photography as that was my speciality in the Navy. A 210 is an excellent platform since it has no wing strut to get in the way. Use program mode and shift it to a shutter speed at least 500 to 1000. Adjust iso to allow staying up there if necessary. Normal angle to very moderate telephoto is best. WA is ok if you need it but just watch what is there that you don't want,like the wingtip, flaps, and window frame. If you can boost contrast settings it will help as it is amazing how much contrast is lost to what seems like very little haze. Being winter there now will actually be a big help in that area! If you get opportunity to circle a target have the pilot stay a little long at first and zoom in if necessary. Otherwise it is easier to go closer (target on right side) than to have to turn out (away) for a better distance.
Hope this helps. Walt On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 6:45 PM, Brian Walters <[email protected]> wrote: > G'day all > > In a few weeks my wife and I will be heading off to Central Australia. > On the way we plan to take a flight over Lake Eyre* in a light aircraft. > > I've never photographed from a plane before so I'm wondering is there > any special "gotchas" I should be aware of. Lens choices, shutter > speeds, filters, etc.... > > Any advice will be gratefully received. > > > > Cheers > > Brian > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > > * For those unfamiliar with Lake Eyre, it's a huge salt lake near the > centre of Australia. At 15 metres below sea level, it's also the lowest > point in Australia. It has a large catchment extending into western > Queensland but water rarely reaches the lake because of evaporation and > being soaked up in channels and creeks along the way. Occasionally > there is so much rain in the catchment that the lake partly or fully > fills. That's happened for the past couple of seasons. Seeing Lake > Eyre filled is a 'bucket list' item for many Australians so I don't want > to bugger this up. > > http://www.lakeeyrebasin.org.au/ > > > > -- > > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - Access all of your messages and folders > wherever you are > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
