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24th June 2008, 10:46 PM
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Just on the same topic but a little different.
I will be flying on a few different 'big' aircraft at the end of the year like an A346 for Virgin Atlantic and a Qantas 744 up to Asia and of course when you arrive it will be dark. What settings would best be used at night for a flight deck? I will be using a tripod i hope if i have enough time as you know some of the crew are happy to let you come up but not for long. What would be the best settings to use for a night shot like this? I kind of want to set my shutter/ISO/appature settings before i go in there so i can be quick but get good results. Even settings for daytime shots as most of mine come out nice but you cannot see out the window. I have been browsing A.net and JP and some photos both outside and in are perfect. What they look like now: http://myaviation.net/?pid=01270995 What im after: Day Both inside and outside are clearly visable as mine arent  http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=6274088 Night I am more looking at the panel lighting and which settings would be best to use here. http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=6115783 I know the hardest thing will be getting in the flight deck in the 1st place but i want to be prepared if i can sneek in there. Thanks everyone. Tim 
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#12
24th June 2008, 11:47 PM
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For daylight photos, if you have the time you can take two photos.
One exposed for the interior, and one for the exterior. Then, composite them together in your favourite image editing software.
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#13
25th June 2008, 12:00 AM
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By the looks of your 'day' example, the flash was used in the cockpit to expose the whole image correctly both inside and out, but thats not a good idea if the aircraft is on the move
 At night, you're probably best to leave your camera on TV (Shutter Priority) mode, and set the camera to take a 5 second exposure - it will work out the highest possible aparture to get the best depth of field. As was previously mentioned, if you don't have a remote release cable, make sure you've got the self timer turned on to eliminate any camera shake.
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25th June 2008, 10:51 PM
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Tim, Good luck getting up the pointy end to take shots.. however if you just happen to get a crew that do let you up there, then for the day time shots use the "P" function and compose an image mainly looking outside the window.. remember the settings and then use the "M" mode and imput those settings manually. Re-compose the shot of the flight deck and flash fill the shot. The second link you provided you can clearly see that the photographer has used a flash. Depending on your lens, you may need to use a decent flash rather than the useless in-camera pop-up one.
Matt Mc, How'd you go out at Richmond?? Did you get any good photos or did the alsations get the better of you as many people believed! :-) David.M.
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26th June 2008, 10:31 AM
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Hey Matt,
hope this is what you want to get, few of my collections of night photography. set at 79 sec exposure: http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.p...132636&nseq=14 Set for 4 sec exposure: http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=6111179 Set for 30 sec exposure: http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.p...991491&nseq=25 http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.p...800050&nseq=31 http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.p...129796&nseq=19 http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.p...785497&nseq=33 Enjoy!!! most were set on TV "30 to take photos, but since i got the remote for canon shutter holder im going to start to expriment with longer exposure time. Cheers. Last edited by Sarmad Al-Khozaie; 26th June 2008 at 10:39 AM.
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