[tccrockets] Re: Whats a good camera for taking Rocket Flights
- From: James Dougherty <jafrado@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tccrockets@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tccrockets@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 19:25:48 -0600
Turn off autofocus! My Sony SR-7 has radar autofocus (Zeiss) and it is only
good for clear skies and if smoke trails are not in your field of view.
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On Feb 1, 2012, at 6:18 PM, "Larry Taylor KF6JBG" <cvrcsoaring@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> On my Sony, I press the button and about 3 or 4 seconds later it snaps. The
> Viewfinder stays live till it snaps. I’m not sure what burst mode is. I
> can’t track the flight cause its starts focusing on the clouds and to the
> rocket than back to the clouds. I never seem to get a lock on the rocket
> flight. It just doesn’t do what I want it to do like my old 35mm camera did!
> I could take great photos with it.
>
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> [mailto:tccrockets-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of gary-walker@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 3:57 PM
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> Subject: [tccrockets] Re: Whats a good camera for taking Rocket Flights
>
> Sounds like that should work well Larry. I try to anticipate liftoff by
> starting shooting when you get heavy motor smoke. By the time you hold down
> the button and the shudder starts, the rocket should be lit and moving.
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> Does your viewfinder stay live in burst mode? If not you may need to keep
> both eyes open and track the liftoff and flight.
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> It takes practice!!
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> Gary W.
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> From: "Larry Taylor KF6JBG" <cvrcsoaring@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: tccrockets@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Wednesday, February 1, 2012 2:37:05 PM
> Subject: [tccrockets] Whats a good camera for taking Rocket Flights
>
> I’m looking at a Canon EOS 60D that will shoot 8 photos a second. Will that
> be good enough? Will the photos look good on a full screen? I see that there
> some of you take great photos of the Rockets coming off the launch rods. All
> I get is a bunch of smoke. My Song is slow to take a photo. I just can’t
> guess at when it will snap.
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