Alpha Delta 210 Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Hi For the first time in goodness knows how many years, I left my Nikon full-frame digital SLRs at home and experimented with the new bridge camera that my wife bought me as a birthday present to take with me on a work trip to the USA next month. I must say that first impressions were very good, but I am bemused by the "bending" of some of the spinning props! Thanks for looking. 17 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latinbear Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 A lovely set of shots there and gorgeous weather too. When was the last time Shuttleworth's runway looked that threadbare I wonder? My first thought on seeing image no.3 was Benny Hill and his firemen from "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines". I see what you mean about the spinning props. Bizarre effect! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janneman36 Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 The same effect of bending is to bee seen at a lot of prewar pictures as well, i still wonder why or how it occurs as i never was able to replicate this effect.. I do not dislike it as it gives me a sort of a retro effect to it. Do you have some info about shutterspeed, aperture and focal lenght? Cheers, Jan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob G Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 The bending is an artifact of the way that the shutter moves across the film/sensor- in the case of the bridge camera, it's the way that the sensor is scanned, as most of them don't have an actual shutter, but an electronic simulation. Shutter speed has an effect too, but mostly it's the relationship between the direction of the shutter's travel (left/right or down- I've never seen a shutter that moves up) and the direction of propeller's rotation. A similar effect can be seen on video that's been shot with an older or low end video camera- the picture seems to 'wobble' during fast pans. In video it's called 'rolling shutter' and is again an effect from the electronic scanning of the sensor. There's a lot on YouTube about it for thems as wants to see more. Nice photos. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janneman36 Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Thanks Rob that is a very clear explanation .. Cheers, Jan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted August 6, 2018 Author Share Posted August 6, 2018 Thanks for the comments, chaps. Latinbear, I had never seen the runway looking so brown! It was such a hot day, and very busy that I decided to leave at 4pm! Thanks for the explanation Rob. The camera was in manual shutter mode, so I'm disappointed that the images show the effect. Jan, I was using Shutter Priority mode. The Spitfire taxy shot was taken at 1/50 sec, the Lysander landing shot was taken at 1/125 sec and the take off and flying shots were taken at 1/250 sec. I hope that helps. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janneman36 Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 14 minutes ago, Alpha Delta 210 said: Thanks for the comments, chaps. Latinbear, I had never seen the runway looking so brown! It was such a hot day, and very busy that I decided to leave at 4pm! Thanks for the explanation Rob. The camera was in manual shutter mode, so I'm disappointed that the images show the effect. Jan, I was using Shutter Priority mode. The Spitfire taxy shot was taken at 1/50 sec, the Lysander landing shot was taken at 1/125 sec and the take off and flying shots were taken at 1/250 sec. I hope that helps. Thanks for that, i myself am always on that thin edge of shutterspeeds.. Some people think that is bonkers to do that because you have a lot more failures, nevertheless it can give you great shots! So i think you are pretty happy with that cam! Cheers, Jan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Happy Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Wow 😲 Gorgeous planes and great photos of said planes👍 Thank you 🙏 Mr.Happy(In name only) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted August 7, 2018 Author Share Posted August 7, 2018 On 8/6/2018 at 7:47 PM, janneman36 said: Thanks for that, i myself am always on that thin edge of shutterspeeds.. Some people think that is bonkers to do that because you have a lot more failures, nevertheless it can give you great shots! So i think you are pretty happy with that cam! Cheers, Jan Hi Jan. I love experimenting with settings (but only if the aircraft is not too rare!) The camera certainly didn't handle like a DSLR, but I got used to it very quickly, was pleased with it's light weight and very pleased with the images (which were recorded in RAW.) On 8/6/2018 at 8:19 PM, Mr.Happy said: Wow 😲 Gorgeous planes and great photos of said planes👍 Thank you 🙏 Mr.Happy(In name only) Thanks, Mr Happy! I love Old Warden and am really pleased that you enjoyed the images. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted August 10, 2018 Author Share Posted August 10, 2018 A few more from last Sunday: Thanks for looking. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberraman Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Great pictures as usual Alpha-Delta, and looks like the new bridge camera is a convenient alternative to carrying loads of lenses with a DSLR. Mark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabat Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Great pictures again AD, always a treat to see your work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted August 11, 2018 Author Share Posted August 11, 2018 Thanks for the kind words, guys. It's a Panasonic bridge camera with a 24-400mm equivalent zoom, and as you say, it's a great alternative to lugging heavy DSLRs and lenses around. That said, I don't think I'll be getting rid of my Nikon kit any time soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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