Simviation Forum - First Outing with the 400D

Jan 26^th, 2008 at 1:10pm

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Took a quick trip to Lands End Airport today to try out the new camera. Was only there for about 30 minutes and only caught one approach but here it is anyway. I'll hopefully be going back for the whole day next W/E so more then. Wink

Cheers, comments appreciated. Cool

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Reply #1 - Jan 26^th, 2008 at 1:20pm

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2nd, 4th and 5th are great, i like what you did with the scenery in the second one, and the 4th/5th just look kickass with there scenery/angle.

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Reply #2 - Jan 26^th, 2008 at 1:47pm

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Very cool.....you might want to drop your shutter speed a bit for those props though, they look a little static at the moment Wink

Also, looking at the last shots, I think the lighting may have been better if you'd been on the other side of the aircraft Wink

Still, very nice for a first time....a nice airfield aswell....I remember my first time at EGGD Cheesy

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Reply #3 - Jan 26^th, 2008 at 1:51pm

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Welcome to the club... Wink

Nice first shots. To bad the light wasn't more abundant in those last shots. That would have made them even better.

You also seem to have the jaggie-problem I have. I still haven't found a good way to smooth things over... Sad

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Reply #4 - Jan 26^th, 2008 at 1:57pm

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Omag 2.0 wrote on Jan 26^th, 2008 at 1:51pm:

You also seem to have the jaggie-problem I have. I still haven't found a good way to smooth things over... Sad

It's probably down to oversharpening. Can't think of any other way of getting jaggies with a DSLR (except perhaps strange resizing techniques)!

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Reply #5 - Jan 26^th, 2008 at 2:01pm

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Gliding practice in case of engine failure? Wink

In all seriousness though, you must use a lower shutter speed than that so the props don't look like they've stopped.

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Reply #6 - Jan 26^th, 2008 at 2:03pm

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Cheers!

I was kind of shooting into the sun on the last few shots. I'm still getting used to it but it's already a whole lot better than my old one! Can't wait for another chance to use it for aircraft... there is conveniently a large gravel mound just next to the main runway at Lands End that is perfect for spotting on as the aircraft come in at head height just in front of you. Cool

After my birthday in a few weeks I'll be buying this little beauty. Cool

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Reply #7 - Jan 26^th, 2008 at 2:04pm

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Gliding practice in case of engine failure? Wink

In all seriousness though, you must use a lower shutter speed than that so the props don't look like they've stopped.

Yeah, I meant to... they all came out a bit rubbish though. I think the jaggies are indeed down to over-sharpening.

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Reply #8 - Jan 26^th, 2008 at 2:25pm

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Wowzers...!!

Fantastic shots, Jake!...they all look good to me... Smiley

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(I prefer the '150/152...not quite as "nose-heavy" as the '172!...)... Wink

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Reply #9 - Jan 26^th, 2008 at 2:30pm

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Fozzer wrote on Jan 26^th, 2008 at 2:25pm:

Cessna 172?.... Wink

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(I prefer the '150/152...not quite as "nose-heavy" as the '172!...)... Wink

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Also not quite as fast, not as many seats and less usefull load among other things..... Wink

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Reply #10 - Jan 26^th, 2008 at 4:05pm

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Omag 2.0 wrote on Jan 26^th, 2008 at 1:51pm:

You also seem to have the jaggie-problem I have. I still haven't found a good way to smooth things over... Sad

It's probably down to oversharpening. Can't think of any other way of getting jaggies with a DSLR (except perhaps strange resizing techniques)!

Here's one of mine... just scroll down to see the photo's.

The jaggies are there after resizing. Sharpening makes them stand out more, but they are there before.

I use photoshop elements and have the bicubic option enabled.

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Reply #11 - Jan 26^th, 2008 at 5:16pm

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MrJake2002 wrote on Jan 26^th, 2008 at 2:03pm:

After my birthday in a few weeks I'll be buying this little beauty. Cool

I got one of those from this guy

Ebay Adani505

Better price than Amazon and good service, other than that I don't know the guy. I lke the look of the 70-200 f2.8 lenses that he sells, but I don't see much chance of getting one of those in the next few years Grin

As for the frozen props, either use Av mode and adjust the f-stop until you get a shutter speed of about 160th, or use TV mode and set the shutter to 160th manually. Fire some test shots and then adjust accordingly based on how much prop blur you are getting. Avoid any of the auto modes.

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Reply #12 - Jan 26^th, 2008 at 5:22pm

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Reply #13 - Jan 26^th, 2008 at 6:42pm

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61_OTU wrote on Jan 26^th, 2008 at 5:16pm:

I lke the look of the 70-200 f2.8 lenses that he sells, but I don't see much chance of getting one of those in the next few years Grin

Steve

Ah yes, the 70-200 f2.8 L lense... my dream for concert photography. A bit pricy though... Sigma's 70-200 f2.8 seems to be a good deal too, not so expensive, yet still to much for me, as it would be about the same range of my tele. I'm now looking into the 85 mm f1.8 prime or the Tokina 50 - 135 mm f2.8

Still some time to go before I buy my next lens...

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Reply #14 - Jan 26^th, 2008 at 9:45pm

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#2 and #5 are great. They're not really something you see everyday. Cool

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