Graham88
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I am going to a Skydiving competition next weekend and plan on taking my camera (Canon 400D) to get some snaps.
Was just wondering what people reckon would be good?
There will be some slow shots, and some faster shots. Obviously I'd have to tweak to account for lighting conditions but was wondering roughly what people would suggest.
I usually just put it onto the 'Sports' setting.
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Tiger
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Tough call that, your gonna be shooting up at a bright sky so you're gonna need to watch your exposure and give yourself a good 2-3 stops of exposure extra else you'll get silhouettes.
Go for shutter priority mode and then adjust your speeds for the type of shot you want, let the aperture look after itself coz your not gonna get depth of field up in the air anyway coz there's no reference to gauge distance.
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Tiger
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Here's some I shot in NZ - i'll update them as I upload them.
[Edited on 29-08-2008 by Tiger]
[Edited on 29-08-2008 by Tiger]
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Graham88
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That's cool mate, what setting did you go onto?
Not sure what you mean by 'shutter priority mode'
Usually I just go and select one of the base settings (portrait, landscape, sports etc) and I've always gotten away with good results, be nice to have stunning results though 
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quote:
Originally posted by Graham88
That's cool mate, what setting did you go onto?
Not sure what you mean by 'shutter priority mode'
Usually I just go and select one of the base settings (portrait, landscape, sports etc) and I've always gotten away with good results, be nice to have stunning results though
Shutter mode on Canon = TV mode on the dial. Set this to around 1/250, spot metering and go from there.
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Tiger
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I dont really use the settings options on my camera as I usually know what i'm after before I shoot but in terms of options, you have an Aperture Priority mode which means you select the aperture and the camera selects the shutter speed and you have Shutter Priority where you select the shutter speed and the camera selects the aperture. I personally use the former, Aperture Priority unless i'm shooting using studio lighting where you have to set aperture and shutter speed yourself.
Forget all your sports modes etc. they are just full of limiting factors and give you far less control over the shots you want.
You need to go and learn your camera inside out, learn all the modes in auto and manual.
For example if your shooting up into a bright sky at 1/2000 at f3.5 with an ISO1600 - its likely your shot's gonna be overexposed. what your more likely after for a slow moving parachute shot is somewhere around 1/250 at f8 with an ISO100 - but these are just guides to what you could potentially have.
Shutter priority mode on my camera is in the menu as 'S'
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Graham88
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quote:
Originally posted by CorSRi_BT
Shutter mode on Canon = TV mode on the dial. Set this to around 1/250, spot metering and go from there.
Yeah I know Tiger, it's not easy when there is so much to learn 
I have the hang of ISO, light conditions etc, just need to learn a bit more.
It's just I can imagine the pictures looking fine on the little screen but when I get them home they're all shit because I've been on the same setting 
I'll give it a bash and post up my results
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