On Sun, 23 Aug 1998, The Family wrote:
> Capturing a pilot/plane going through a rolling turn at
> 5g's means every part of the plane is moving with respect to other surfaces
> and this is all going on as it passes you at 300+ MPH.
A good friend of mine locally shoots the Sun 'n Fun Fly-In at Lakeland
every year. He shoots them (there's usually lots of light) on ISO100
Fuji slide film, or Kodachrome 200. Most of the time he is at
1/250th-1/500th. Any faster, and the props start to "freeze", which
apparently spells dread to any flier, or so I'm told (he is a pilot)
> I've pretty much given up on a tripod
> and ball head when everything is flying. Too much vibration.
He uses a Kirk Shoulder stock, used to use Novoflex and a monopod,
Sometimes he uses a Kenyon Gyro (a wondrous gizmo).
> Hope this wasn't boring, Jim in Delaware
Not at all, Jim. It is fascinating to hear photographic approaches
to different situations. When I go to Air Shows, I almost never shoot
the airplanes, but get plenty of people shots...
*= Doris Fang =*
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