Air-to-Air Cessna 182RG

[Lowflynjack]

I shot this beautiful 182RG. It may be the nicest one I've ever seen.

 

[455 Bravo Uniform]

Purdy!!!

 

[MountainDude]

I like 182RGs, but far prefer the 177s, especially because of the lack of the wing strut.
Nice photos!

 

[frfly172]

Good job nice looking airplane

 

[champ driver]

A very nice set of photos again Jack.
One of my favorite planes to fly was a Cessna 182RG with a Horton STOL kit on it.

 

[ColinD]

Cessna 182RG with a Horton STOL kit on it

Was it N7557X? My favorite, too.

 

[champ driver]

No, it was N756AW, taken at ANE mid 80's.

 

[CJones]

I shot this beautiful 182RG. It may be the nicest one I've ever seen.

Great shots! Mind if I ask what lens setup you use for those kinds of shots? What shutter speed do you have to use to get the full prop circle blurred?

Sorry - I'm getting more into photography and find myself pondering "Hmm... Wonder what those settings were for that shot?" when I see a good one. Obviously, there is more to great shots than just the settings, but gotta start somewhere. ha

 

[Lowflynjack]

Great shots! Mind if I ask what lens setup you use for those kinds of shots? What shutter speed do you have to use to get the full prop circle blurred?

Sorry - I'm getting more into photography and find myself pondering "Hmm... Wonder what those settings were for that shot?" when I see a good one. Obviously, there is more to great shots than just the settings, but gotta start somewhere. ha

Thanks! 70-200 lens, shutter speed 1/80

 

[Baked Potato]

Thanks! 70-200 lens, shutter speed 1/80

80th of a second, for air to air photos?

Must be a VR lens, which helps on your end, but doesn't help with freezing the subject. Do you have a large percentage of blurry frames to discard?

 

[Lowflynjack]

80th of a second, for air to air photos?

Must be a VR lens, which helps on your end, but doesn't help with freezing the subject. Do you have a large percentage of blurry frames to discard?

It has image stabilization in the lens, but I have a Canon 1DX Mark iii camera which is very heavy and that helps. Nope, not very many discarded. I shoot as low as 1/40 handheld on older radial engines and on those I lose a few. I shot 1/30 shooting a Sikorsky S-76! Lots of practice I guess.

 

[CJones]

Thanks! 70-200 lens, shutter speed 1/80

I'm oogling the Sony 70-200 GM OSS II 2.8 this holiday sales season. I have a feeling I will be disappointed in the lack of deals though.

Like someone else said - surprised you're not getting blurring elsewhere with 1/80 but obviously experience speaks volumes!

 

[Lowflynjack]

When I started out, many years ago, I had two young daughters and had to scrape together money to get the Canon 70-200 F4 lens without stabilization. I was just learning and I had a lot of experienced photographers tell me I would have to get a IS lens and a better camera. Most recommended a gyroscope. But, I couldn't afford anything more than I had. When I first tried air-to-air, it was with friends and there were a lot of bad photos. I would usually take 2000 pics in one shoot and save maybe 10 of them. Today, if I shoot over 300, I'm frustrated because I have to go through them all!

I also take off the hood lens and try to keep the camera in the plane and out of the slipstream as much as I can.

A few weeks ago, when I was at the Mid America Flight Museum, I was told we'd be shooting the S-76 and the Cobra. I'd never shot a helicopter before and I would be shooting from the back of a B-25... but I was determined to get the rotor blur.

One of my favorite all-time shots is this one. Shutter Speed is 1/30. I was changing the speed about every three shots just to make sure I got something. From 1/30 all the way up to 1/80, then back down.