Good one, I'll be there as well.

You and me both!

Yes, the weight combination makes holding this setup difficult. That's why for this year's airshow in August, I'm taking my tripod and monopod to make life easier and capture more images in focus 😉

Have fun! and thanks for appreciating my efforts in creating this video 🙏

Glad you enjoyed it! and thanks for letting me know Ambrose, very much appreciated 🙏

@CharlesNPhotography Lake Eden has Black Swan chicks, you may want to check it out. 😀

Thank you so much for your kind hearted comments, they are very much appreciated 🙏

Thank you very much Andrew 🙏

Wow! That is something that I forget to mention 😰 I used Wide-area AF (Small)

Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed the video

That's great

to get a full disc blur on props! It all depends on the type of aircraft and the speed that the propellers are rotating at. I use to be able to shoot at 1/125sec and that got me a full circle, but these days I can shoot at that shutter speed.

@@CharlesNPhotography yeah I've sent the chart to your email. For the Osprey even 1/125 is way too fast! But unless you're after that full disc you'll still get some nice implied blur I guess... I certainly had to push my panning skills to their maximum!! It was easier on faster aircraft much harder to pan a slow shutter at a slow speed like the Osprey.

That would be a very good option, but if your budget could afford the D500, I'd go for it as it has a much faster frame rate at 10fps and the AF is much better as well.

Good point! Thank you 🙏

You need to change the shutter speed for different planes and effects that you want.

No, that's just me trying to keep up with the jet and I wasn't smooth enough.

I guess about 1/4 of the photos, but that's no a major concern to me, as I still got all the shots that I wanted.

Maybe, but I do the best that I can, other's may do better, but we all have limitations

@@CharlesNPhotography . If I may Help you ,this are my recomandations for a more stable footage when you want to shoot Airplanes . The main key for good stable footage is a very good tripod such as Manfrotto or Sachtler with a fluid head and put a hard hard setting for the movement of head . Camera settings : Shutter speed 2x the frame rate so 50fps :1/100 shutter . AE -0.75 to -1 ( less light is always better becuase with filming planes you go from left to right or from direct sunlight to normal position ) . AF off always put it on infinity or set your camera sharp on an object 500m away . AF "on" only for planes who are close ( Taxiing) ."auto Iris" make that the iris stays between f 4 and f6 that is the best setting for crisp sharp images . Gain always zero in normal light . Always Stabilizer on but try it out which stabilzer setting is the best for Airplane footage with your camera I would say try it once out and you will see It Will be much more stable . What I've seen is that the camera is crisp sharp so it must be possible to make stable footage . Greetings and keep on, it's only with practicing that you improve