| A few weeks ago I went with my friends to
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| | motion in a sequence of photos.
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| see an air show. The schedule was packed
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| | As time passed my hands got tired from
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| with acrobatics and many types of planes.
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| | holding the camera and my stable grip was
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| The highlight of the show was the blue
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| | not as stable anymore. Unfortunately I
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| angles with their jets doing dangerous
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| | did not bring a tripod - and probably I
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| routines. I took my camera hoping to
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| | would have not used it even if I had it
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| capture some good digital memories of
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| | since it is hard to track airplanes
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| that show.
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| | flying above using one especially when
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| I took my digital SLR camera to the air
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| | you are with thousands of people walking
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| show. I put it in my special camera bag
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| | around you. When I looked at the photos
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| alongside an extra battery and lenses. I
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| | that evening I saw the results of my
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| used an eight mega pixels DSLR with a
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| | tired grip - the later digital photos
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| 100-300mm zoon lenses.
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| | were not as sharp and steady as the
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| I decided to shoot as many photos as I
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| | earlier ones.
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| could knowing from my experience that in
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| | When I saw the results of my work my
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| such cases the rule of big numbers works
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| | reaction was to go and get those fancy
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| very well - shoot as many photos as you
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| | lenses with an image stabilizer built-in
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| can and you might be able to find a few
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| | them. There are two types of image
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| photos which are really unique. So when
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| | stabilizer one that moves the sensor and
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| the airplanes started to fly around I
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| | one that actually uses gyroscopes in the
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| pointed my camera at them and from that
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| | lens to move a floating optical element
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| point on I watched most of the air show
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| | that compensates for shakings. The latter
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| through my camera's viewfinder.
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| | is more expensive and provides better
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| I set my camera to automatic continuous
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| | results. I saw some people walking around
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| focus. I had my finger holding the
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| | with the Canon image stabilizing zoom
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| shutter button half way down most of the
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| | lens I am not sure how effective it was
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| time while I am moving the camera to
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| | for them but it sure did look impressive.
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| track those fast flying airplanes. I
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| | There are also drawbacks to using image
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| could hear the camera's motors working
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| | stabilizers and actually some of these
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| hard moving the optical components in the
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| | drawbacks are very relevant to my air
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| lens back and forth to keep the focus
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| | show photo shooting. Moving the camera
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| right. I also set the camera to burst
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| | erratically to track an acrobatic
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| mode so whenever I decided the
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| | airplane can confuse the image stabilizer
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| composition was worth shooting a photo it
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| | that can detect that movement as being
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| actually shot a fast sequence of four
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| | unwanted shakings and try to compensate
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| photos. The idea behind that was first to
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| | for it. If I had an image stabilizer I
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| get more photos to choose from - with
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| | would have had to use different practices
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| fast flying planes these four photos were
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| | when shooting my photos like trying to
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| really different from each other - and
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| | pan the camera on one axis and at a more
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| second to maybe be able to capture some
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| | or less constant speed.
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