On Sat, 14 Jun 2003 13:30:50 GMT, in
<esFGa.17933$6K4.130300004@news-text.cableinet.net>, "Nick"
<no.thanks@thanks.co.uk> said:

>Hi all. I'm new to Photography and am after some help/advice please. I have
>just bought myself a Canon IXUSV3 which I'm very pleased with. I take a lot
>of Aviation pictures which usually means me shooting into the sky with the
>aircraft backlit. I get a nice jet black silhouette of the plane but no
>detail. What settings do I need on my Canon to compensate and get nice
>detailed aircraft ?
>Thanks

Experiment - that's the whole advantage of digital cameras! Start with a
fast (1/500 - 1/1500) shutter speed, & probably about 1 - 2 stops lower
aperture than indicated by the meter.

Speaking of aircraft:
http://lo.ve.ly/art/random/chopper02.jpg
http://lo.ve.ly/art/random/chopper03.jpg
These ones aren't very good, but I think they're not bad for casual
shots taken while leaning out my bedroom window. ;)
http://lo.ve.ly/art/random/prop-plane.jpg
http://lo.ve.ly/art/random/prop-planes.jpg

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