Metering mode for air show ?

[Ben_dc2]

I think its going to be quite sunny tomorrow and I am unsure what metering mode to use to photograph the planes at waddington airshow. (planes are not normally my thing)

I use a 60D and will have a 70-200 F2.8 with me. What you guys recommend ?

 

[Zymurgy661]

I use eval mode and tweak the compensation as required dependant on conditions

 

[Ben_dc2]

thats what i normally do. Just wondered what people did

 

[artyman]

I take a reading for the light conditions then set manual. Adjust if the light changes. Also RAW to give some latitude.

 

[Sadlybrokeboy]

I personally put AI Focus on (obviously) and then have it centre spot metering and centre point focus on mine.

Then tend to shoot at 5.6 and adjust the shutter speed accordingly

 

[vaizki]

Manual exposure, continuous af with back button activation for me..

Manual so that it doesn't matter where the plane (or even worse, multiple planes) are in the frame and what area it's covering and what color plane it is.

Back button AF so that I can stop focusing if I lose them or someone gets in the way etc. You can also use it the other way around, with AF Stop.

Turn off IS from the lens and set the focus limiter when shooting them in flight on close passes. Experiment with shutter speeds to get prop blur.. though for a full circle of blur it'll be a right pain to handhold at 200mm and slow enough shutter speeds.

I've only shot at one airshow so no pro

Good luck!

 

[Jamtea]

My gut feeling would be to stick to manual, as all your metering will be for the sky and not for the planes unless you can reliably spot meter a moving object in the sky at high speed that is!