Photographer question--picts with props stopped(in air)
 

I have a question for serious photographers.

Is it just me who thinks it is totally unprofessional to take in air picts with a setting so high that the propellers are stopped?

Thanks for any input.

I think it depends on the effect the photographer is trying to get.

"Totally unprofessional" seems pretty harsh for something as subjective as photography.

Unprofessional? On what grounds?

Photography is an art, and it's up to the artist how they want the photo to appear. Unless of course you are paying for the shots, then it's how you want them to appear.

Check our Victor Archers airpics @www.pbase.com/marauder61. He's pretty much set the standard in my opinion.
Tom RV3

The current AOPA Pilot magazine had an article about this.
Check it out
http://www.aopa.org/photocontest/tips.html
If you like the pictures, then they are good.
Good Luck,
Ed

Stopped Prop
 

What if the pilot couldn't keep it windmilling while gliding it in? :)

Shutter Speed controls the prop motion
 

1/250th of a second is the fastest shutter speed you can use without freezing the prop on most aircraft. The real issue becomes controling camera vibration at 1/250th and slower shutter speeds, especially with zoom or telephoto lenses. In an other life while shooting for AP and UPI, I used a Kenyon Gyrostabilizer, http://www.ken-lab.com/, that enabled the control of camera vibration down to 1/30th of a second shutter speed and keep the props from freezing. I always shot either Tri X or K64, in manual mode, with manual focus. The advent of effective auto focus was a god send, but the rest of the automation, while allowing the photog to concentrate on framing and composition, took away the mathmatical mystique of calculating the proper exposure, etc.

Good luck with your photos.

Probably known
 

Robby, now they use gyro stabilized glass in the lense itself. Canon has a few of them out for their 35mm Digital and film cameras. I own a 75-300 IS (image stabilized) lense for a couple of Digital Canons (Rebel and D20). The L IS lenses are more preferred as they will support up and down as well as panning motion. The one I have does a good job of up and down, but panning it's it's strong suit. (its not an L lense - these are sorta big bucks)

Nikon?
 

I always shot Nikon and Hasselblad. Canon always changed lens mounts with every new body series, but Nikon had the same mount from the 50s to present, thus allowing any camera to use any lens. Nothing against Canon, but Nikon was what every pro I knew shot, thus a lot of stuff to borrow and use. I met with Nikon, in January, at Macworld 2006, to investigate the digital world of photography, but Bill Pekala and I just talked about the old days shooting Shuttle launches in the 80s and back seat photo rides in fighters.