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How to get the aircraft in as sharp as possible? (Nikon D5100)
Jorn Voskuil   Member Joined in October 2013 Posts: 12 |
Posted 5 June 2014 - 13:13 CET |
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I need help with my camera settings and as the title may said, how to get the aircraft in sharp! I'm always very excited to go planespotting and when I get home and see the pictures, sure there are some good pictures but 75% of my pictures are pictures where the aircraft isn't sharp.
The settings I mostly use (wich I don't think is the problem) are Quility: Fine WB: Auto ISO: 200 (or lower) AF-C Shutter Speed: always between 500 and 1250 F8
If you have any tips for the way I have to take photo's to get the planes in sharp, please tell me and if you have any corrections please tell me as well, I have a Nikon D5100 btw
Greetings from the Netherlands |
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Jorn Voskuil Member Joined in October 2013 Posts: 12 |
Posted 5 June 2014 - 14:25 CET |
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No, does that effect the quility of the pictures? |
Piotr Bieluszewski   Full member Joined in June 2008 Posts: 89 |
Posted 5 June 2014 - 14:51 CET |
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You checked another lens with your camera ? Maybe the problem isn't in the camera, just in the lens ? |
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Jorn Voskuil Member Joined in October 2013 Posts: 12 |
Posted 5 June 2014 - 16:08 CET |
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Well I did bought a new lens a Tamron 70-300mm F/4 5.6 DI but i didn't use it yet, I used a Nikkor 55-200mm but I don't see whats the problem with both of the lenses! I know the Tamron isn't the best but it takes nice pictures when it isn't raining, but I need tips on how to get the aircraft sharp aswell! Thanks for responding! |
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Jorn Voskuil Member Joined in October 2013 Posts: 12 |
Posted 5 June 2014 - 16:37 CET |
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And I do take over 15 shots of each aircraft. |
BjarneEA   Member Joined in January 2009 Posts: 32 |
Posted 6 June 2014 - 16:08 CET |
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Shooting in RAW will be a very good idea. And stay on F8. ISO 100 or 200. I think it might work better, if you to go down to S=1/320 or even S=1/250. instead of going down to F6.3 or F5.6. Just my opinion :o) |
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Jorn Voskuil Member Joined in October 2013 Posts: 12 |
Posted 6 June 2014 - 16:15 CET |
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Thank you so much for the responses and great tips!!! I hope it will help
Greetings from Holland! |
Sven Zimmermann   Member Joined in February 2012 Posts: 3 |
Posted 10 June 2014 - 12:57 CET |
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In JPG or RAW is no difference in sharpness visible, but RAW can help in difficult lightconditions and postprocessing of the image.
With those Objectivs I whould try Exposure Compensation -0.3 or -0.7 to improve the quality (works best in Picture Control NL), and on WB you should use the Weather you have.
This post has been edited by Sven Zimmermann on 11th June 2014 - 20:49 |
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