Simviation Forum - Pleasure flight anyone?

Jul 24^th, 2004 at 7:01pm

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They're running helicopter pleasure trips from the beach about 5 minutes walk from where I live this weekend. I popped down there on my way back from the airport & took a few shots. I put this little montage together to show how organised the operation is. They're not in sequence as I took them over several trips from different locations. Even I can't run quite that fast. Roll Eyes

Here she comes.

Hands up who wants to be a helicopter pilot. Wink

£25 for about a 5 minute trip along the coast to the pier & back if you're interested. £80 for a group of 4 people.

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Reply #1 - Jul 25^th, 2004 at 3:42am

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I'm surprised you didn't go for a quick spin Doug Shocked

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Reply #2 - Jul 25^th, 2004 at 3:53am

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You must be joking Ozzy old chap. Shocked

They would have to pay ME considerably more than £25 before I would set foot in one of them contraptions. Tongue

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Reply #3 - Jul 25^th, 2004 at 4:11am

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£25 for 5 mins .......... thats extortionate!!! Did they have many takers??

Great shots as usual Doug .... it just makes me realise .... I NEED TO GET OUT MORE!!!!

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Reply #4 - Jul 25^th, 2004 at 5:09am

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hey Hagar...nice photos man! i know that taking pictures of helicopters isn't easy, especially not at 480mm...but if you can get close to them like here, why don't you try a longer shutter speed? the blades will look more blurred and not freezed. if it's an prop plane you can go to 1/200sec but with helo's, i try to use something like 1/60 of 1/100 Wink

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Reply #5 - Jul 25^th, 2004 at 9:09am

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Fantastic shots Doug.
Ken with helicopters i have found that you dont need more than 1/125th second for most 2 bladed choppers and 1/250 for 4 blades. However i believe Dougs camera like mine uses an automatic shutter speed and wont allow longer exposures (correct me if i am wrong there). Been a long time since i have had a chance to photograph helicopters, kind of miss it as they are so much more fun to experiment with

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Reply #6 - Jul 25^th, 2004 at 1:33pm

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£25 for 5 mins .......... thats extortionate!!! Did they have many takers??

Great shots as usual Doug .... it just makes me realise .... I NEED TO GET OUT MORE!!!!

cheers
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Thanks Eno. I didn't think the price was too bad considering the operating costs. The darned thing has been flying constantly for most of the weekend so they must have had plenty of punters.

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hey Hagar...nice photos man! i know that taking pictures of helicopters isn't easy, especially not at 480mm...but if you can get close to them like here, why don't you try a longer shutter speed? the blades will look more blurred and not freezed. if it's an prop plane you can go to 1/200sec but with helo's, i try to use something like 1/60 of 1/100

Thanks for the advice Bones. I deliberately chose a fully automatic "point & shoot" camera. Found out long ago I'm no good with all that technical stuff.

Craig. Although I prefer to leave it on auto I've been experimenting with the flash settings recently. These change the shutter speed which does give you some control. I believe there are 4 different flash options. This is how I took the fairground shots I posted recently. It's possible one of the settings would improve the blur on those helo blades if I could hold the camera steady enough. This would obviously depend on the rpm of the rotor. I never thought to try it when I took these shots. I think yours will have the same functions as it's the same make.

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Reply #7 - Jul 25^th, 2004 at 2:06pm

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Hi Doug
I was recently speaking to Ken(Rifleman) about this. And i have come to the conclusion that at night if i dont use the flash or when its dark the camera will have a longer exposure. But during the good light situations it will always use the quickest exposure time it thinks nessicary. I dont know if using the flash during the day will change that, is that what your on about?? i will have to experiment with it a little more.

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Reply #8 - Jul 25^th, 2004 at 2:51pm

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Hi Doug
I was recently speaking to Ken(Rifleman) about this. And i have come to the conclusion that at night if i dont use the flash or when its dark the camera will have a longer exposure. But during the good light situations it will always use the quickest exposure time it thinks nessicary. I dont know if using the flash during the day will change that, is that what your on about?? i will have to experiment with it a little more.

Yes, that's exactly what I meant. I'm still experimenting & switched the flash off for those close-up aerial shots I took at Shoreham recently. Not sure if it made any difference or not but I was pleased with the results. Undecided

Ken knows a lot more about this than I do.

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