X-Pilot - Flying Cowboys

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X-Pilot teki tilannepäivityksen suosittuun -X- Suosittelee Nikon ja Canon digijärkkäriä ilmavalokuvaukseen artikkeliin “keski hintaluokka” kategoriaan. Tästä päivästä lähtien se on Nikon D300s. Kamerassa on myös nyt HD- video ominaisuus, joskin vain 720p 24f/s, eli täyteen Full-HD resoon ei viellä päästä. Seuraavassa kameran tekniset tiedot.

Nikon D300S specifications

Price (Body) US: $1799
UK: £1499.99
EU: €1821
Body material Magnesium alloy
Sensor • 23.6 x 15.8 mm CMOS sensor
• DX format
• RGB Color Filter Array

• Built-in fixed low-pass filter (with self-cleaning unit)
• 13.1 million total pixels
• 12.3 million effective pixels
• 3:2 aspect ratio

Image processor Nikon EXPEED
A/D conversion 14 bit
Image sizes • 4288 x 2848 [L; 12.2 MP]
• 3216 x 2136 [M; 6.9 MP]
• 2144 x 1424 [S; 3.1 MP]
Image sizes (Movie)* • 1280 x 720 @ 24 fps *
• 640 x 424 @ 24 fps *

• 320 x 216 @ 24 fps *

File formats • NEF (12-bit or 14-bit, compressed or lossless compressed RAW)

• NEF + JPEG
• TIFF
• JPEG (EXIF 2.21)
• AVI *

• Motion JPEG *

NEF compression • Compressed 12/14-bit NEF (RAW, Lossless compressed):

• Compressed 12/14-bit NEF (RAW, Compressed): approx.

Lens mount • Nikon F mount with AF coupling and AF contacts
• 1.5x field of view crop
Usable lenses

• DX AF NIKKOR: All functions possible
• D-/G-type AF NIKKOR (excluding IX NIKKOR lenses): All functions possible (excluding PC Micro- NIKKOR)
• AF NIKKOR other than D-/G-type (excluding lenses for F3AF): All functions except 3D-Color Matrix Metering II possible

• AI-P NIKKOR: All functions except Autofocus, 3D-Color Matrix Metering II possible
• Non-CPU AI NIKKOR: Can be used in exposure modes A and M; electronic range finder can
be used if maximum aperture is f/5.6 or faster; Color Matrix Metering and aperture value display supported if user provides lens data

Dust reduction • Self-cleaning sensor unit (’Clean image sensor’)

• Image dust-off data acquisition (Capture NX required)

Auto Focus • 51 focus points (15 cross-type sensors)
• Multi-CAM 3500DX

• AF working range: -1 to +19 EV (ISO 100, normal temperature)
• Contrast Detect in Live View (Tripod) mode

Movie Auto Focus* Contrast-detect AF on a desired point within a frame is possible (Tripod mode)*
Lens Servo • Single Servo AF [S]
• Continuous Servo AF [C]
• Manual focus [M]

• Focus Tracking automatically activated by subject’s status in [S] or [C] AF

Focus Point • Single point from 51 or 11 focus points
• Liveview (Tripod mode): Contrast AF on a desired point anywhere within frame
AF Area Mode

• Single point AF
• Dynamic Area AF [9 points, 21 points, 51 points, 51 points (3D-tracking)]
• Automatic-area AF

Focus Lock

Focus can be locked by pressing shutter-release button halfway (single-servo AF) or by pressing AE-L/AF-L button

AF assist

• Yes, lamp
• Range approx. 0.5 to 3 m/1 ft. 8 in. to 9 ft. 10 in.)

Exposure modes • Program Auto [P] with flexible program

• Shutter-Priority Auto [S]
• Aperture-Priority Auto [A]
• Manual [M]

Metering

TTL full-aperture exposure metering using 1005-pixel RGB sensor
• 3D Color Matrix Metering II (type G and D lenses); color matrix metering II (other CPU lenses); color matrix metering (non-CPU lenses if user provides lens data; metering performed)
• Center-weighted: Weight of 75% given to 6, 8, 10, or 13 mm dia. circle in center of frame or weighting based on average of entire frame (8 mm circle when non-CPU lens is used)
• Spot: Meters approx. 3 mm dia. circle (about 2.0% of frame) centered on selected focus point (on center focus point when non-CPU lens is used)

Metering range • 3D Color Matrix Metering: 0 to 20 EV
• Center-Weighted Metering: 0 to 20 EV
• Spot Metering: 2 to 20 EV

• At normal temperature (20°C/68°F), ISO 100 equivalent, f/1.4 lens

Meter coupling CPU and AI
Exposure lock Locked using AE-L/AF-L button
Exposure bracketing

• 2 to 9 frames

• 1/3, 1/2, 2/3 or 1 EV steps

Exposure compen. • +/-5.0 EV
• 1/3, 1/2 or 1 EV steps
Sensitivity

• Default: ISO 200 - 3200 in 1/3, 1/2 or 1.0 EV steps
• Boost: 100 - 6400 in 1/3, 1/2 or 1.0 EV steps

Shutter • Electronically-controlled vertical-travel focal plane shutter
• 30 to 1/8000 sec (1/3, 1/2 or 1.0 EV steps)
• Flash X-Sync: 1/250 sec (up to 1/320 sec with reduced GN)

• Bulb

DOF Preview • Stop-down lens aperture by pressing button
• Activates modelling flash
White balance • Auto (1005-pixel CCD, image sensor)
• Presets (seven) with fine tuning
• Manual presets (five)*

• Color temperature in Kelvin (2500 - 10000 K, 31 steps)
• White balance bracketing (2 to 9 frames,1, 2, 3 MIRED steps)

Picture Control • Standard

• Neutral
• Vivid
• Monochrome

Image parameters • Quick Adjust: 5 settings (adjusts Sharpening, Contrast and Saturation by preset amounts)*
• Sharpening: Auto, 10 levels*
• Contrast: Auto, 7 levels*,

• Brightness: 3 levels
• Saturation: Auto, 7 levels*
• Hue: 5 levels*

Color space • sRGB
• Adobe RGB
Viewfinder • Optical-type fixed eye-level pentaprism
• Built-in diopter adjustment (-2 to +1m-1)
• Eyepoint: 19.5 mm (at -1.0m-1)
• Frame coverage 100%

• Viewfinder magnification approx 0.94x with 50 mm f/1.4 lens; -1.0m-1

Focusing screen • B-type BrightView Clear Matte Screen II
• Superimposed focus brackets

• On-demand grid lines

LCD monitor • 3.0 " TFT LCD

• 920,000 pixels* (VGA; 640 x 480 x 3 colors)
• 170° viewing angle
• Brightness adjustment

• 100% frame coverage

LCD Liveview

• Handheld mode: TLL phase-difference AF with 51 focus areas (15 cross-type sensors)
• Tripod mode: focal-plane contrast AF on a desired point within a specific area

Shooting modes • Single frame
• Continuous Low [CL]
• Continuous High [CH]

• Quiet shutter-release [Q]*
• Self-Timer (programmable)
• Mirror-up mode

Continuous shooting • With built-in battery: up to 6 fps
• With AC adapter or MB-D10 pack and batteries other than EN-EL3e: up to 8 fps
• 12-bit RAW at full speed, 14-bit RAW only 2.5 fps
Self-timer • 2, 5, 10 or 20 sec*
Flash control

• TTL: TTL flash control by 1,005-pixel RGB sensor.
• Built-in Speedlight, SB-900, SB-800, SB-600 or SB-400: i-TTL balanced fill-flash and standard i-TTL flash
• AA (Auto Aperture-type) flash: Available with SB-900 or SB-800 used with CPU lens
• Non-TTL Auto: Available with Speedlights such as SB-900, SB-800, 28, 27, and 22S
• Range-priority manual flash; available with SB-900 and SB-800

Flash Sync Mode • Front-curtain Sync (normal)
• Red-Eye Reduction
• Red-Eye Reduction with Slow Sync

• Slow Sync
• Rear-curtain Sync

Built-in Speedlight • Manual pop-up with button release

• Guide number (ISO 200, m) approx 17 (manual 18)
• Guide number (ISO 100, m) approx 12 (manual 13)

Flash Accessory Shoe

ISO 518 standard-type hot shoe contact; Safety lock mechanism provided

Flash Sync Terminal ISO 519 standard terminal, lock screw provided
Flash compensation • -3 to +1 EV
• 1/3, 1/2 or 1 EV steps*
Creative Lighting System

Advanced Wireless Lighting supported with built-in flash, Speedlight SB-900, SB-800 or SU-800 as commander and SB-900, SB-800, SB-600 or SB-R200 as remotes; Auto FP High-Speed Sync and modeling illumination supported with all CLS-compatible flash units except SB-400; Flash Color Information Communication and FV lock supported with all CLS-compatible flash units

Playback mode • Full frame
• Thumbnail (4 or 9 or 72* images)

• One-touch zoom
• Slideshow
• RGB histogram
• Shooting data
• Highlight point

• Auto image rotation
• Image Comment (up to 36 characters)*

Languages *

• Chinese (Simplified and Traditional)
• Dutch
• English
• Finnish
• French

• German
• Italian
• Japanese
• Korean
• Polish

• Portuguese
• Russian
• Spanish
• Swedish
• Danish*

• Norwegian*

Connectivity

• USB 2.0 (Hi-Speed) Mini-B connector
• HDMI Mini connector (Type C)*

• Remote control 10-pin terminal
• PC Sync flash terminal

10-pin terminal

• GPS: GPS Unit GP-1 or GPS device compliant with NMEA0183 version 2.01 or 3.01 (requires optional GPS Cable MC-35 and cable with D-sub 9-pin connector)

• Remote control: via 10-pin terminal

Storage • Type I CompactFlash memory cards (UDMA compliant)
• SD memory cards, SDHC compliant
Power • Lithium-Ion EN-EL3e (7.4 V, 1500 mAh)
• Included battery charger MH-18a
• Optional AC adapter EH-5a / EH-5

• Optional MB-D10 battery pack / vertical grip

Vertical grip • Optional MB-D10 battery pack / vertical grip
• One Rechargeable Li-ion Battery EN-EL4a, EN-EL4 or EN-EL3e or eight R6/AA-size alkaline (LR6), Ni-MH (HR6), lithium (FR6) batteries, or nickel-manganese ZR6 batteries
Battery monitoring The LCD monitor on the camera back displays the following information
about the EN-EL3e battery:
• Remaining charge (%)

• No. of shots taken since last charge
• Battery life (5 stages)

Dimensions 147 x 114 x 74 mm (5.8 x 4.5 x 2.9 in)
Weight (no batt) 840 g (1.14 lb)
Weight (with batt) 918 g (2.2 lb)
Box contents

• Rechargeable Li-ion Battery EN-EL3e
• Quick Charger MH-18a

• Eyepiece Cap DK-5
• Rubber Eyecup DK-23
• USB Cable UC-E4
• Audio Video Cable EG-D2
• Camera Strap AN-DC4

• LCD Monitor Cover BM-8
• Body Cap BF-1A
• Accessory Shoe Cover BS-1
• Software Suite CD-ROM

Optional accessories

Multi-Power Battery Pack MB-D10, Wireless Transmitter WT-4, Magnifying Eyepiece DK-21M, AC Adapter EH-5a, Capture NX Software, Camera Control Pro 2

Tässä taas video tällä kameralla toteutettu:

Eli artikkelia -X- Katsastaa Garmin Colorado 300 GPS ilmailu / mova käytössä on päivitetty sen variometri ominaisuuden takia pääpiirteittäin seuraavasti:

Garmin Colorado toimii myös erittäin hyvin variometrinä, koska se on varustettu barometrillä. Eli korkeus ja vajooma/ nousunopeus näkyy hyvin ja kaiken huipuksi ne toimivat todella hyvin moottorivarjoliito käytössä. Voit resetoida tai asettaa haluamasi lähtökorkeuden ja kun muistat ottaa asetuksista pois automaattisen kalibroinnin, niin mittari ei kalibroi kesken kaiken gps- tietojen mukaan mittaria. Vaikka nousu/ vajoomisnopeuden näyttö toimii hyvin ja herkästi, niin välttämättä siitä ei ole vapaalentoon ilman moottoria, jossa haetaan termiikkejä, varsinkin kun mittarista puuttuu ääni, jota vapaalentäjät arvostavat.





Tässä screen shotit lennolla, ensimmäisessä kuvassa on niin sanottu “variometri näkymä” valittuna ja toisessa kartta pohjana. eri näkymään on helppo päästä rullanäppäimen avulla vaikka käsissä olisikin isommatkin tumput.

X-Pilot ei enään käytä lennoillaan erillistä variometriä, koska Garmin Colorado täyttää tämän tehtävän erittäin hyvin ja kun mittareiden paikat on nykyään valittu sivutaskujen päälle, niin edessä olevaa mittaritelinettä ei tarvita laisinkaan, jolloin mittarit ovat mukana huomaamattomasti, ilman että ne haittaisivat… mitään.









Garmin Coloradon nykyinen paikka (05/2009- tilanne) löytyy vasemman sivutaskun päältä, jossa se ei ole tiellä ja näkyy hyvin.

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X-Pilot teki tilannepäivityksen suosittuun -X- Suosittelee Nikon ja Canon digijärkkäriä ilmavalokuvaukseen artikkeliin “edullisin hintaluokka” kategoriaan. Tästä päivästä lähtien se on Canon EOS 500D, joka on varustettu 50D mallista olevalla 15.5 miljoonaa pixeliä ja 22.3 x 14.9 mm croppi- kokoisella CMOS kennolla. Kamerassa on myös nyt HD- video ominaisuus, joskin parhaalla laadulla vain 20 freimiä sekunnissa, joka on kyllä perin outo freiminopeus, jossa varmasti näkyy jo kovassa liikkeessä pienen pieni nykiminen… tai sitten ei (tuon näkeminen on myös yksilöllistä). Seuraavassa kameran tekniset tiedot.

Canon EOS 500D (Digital Rebel T1i) specifications


 

List price (US)

• Body only: $799
• Kit: $899 (with 18-55 mm IS lens)

List price (EU)

• Body only: €799
• Kit: €899 (with 18-55 mm IS lens)
• Kit: €1299 (with 18-200 mm IS lens)

List price (UK)

• Body only: £869.99
• Kit: £969.99 (with 18-55 mm IS lens)

• Kit: £1399.99 (with 18-200 mm IS lens)

International naming * • US: Canon Rebel Digital T1i

• Japan: Canon EOS Kiss Digital X3
• Elsewhere: Canon EOS 500D

Body material Plastic (Stainless Steel chassis)
Sensor * • 15.1 million effective pixels
• 15.5 million total pixels

• 22.3 x 14.9 mm CMOS sensor
• RGB Color Filter Array
• Built-in low-pass filter with self cleaning unit
• 3:2 aspect ratio

Dust reduction • Low-pass filter vibration at power-on (can be interrupted)
• Anti-static coating on sensor surfaces
• Software based dust-removal (camera maps dust, removed later)
Image sizes * • 4752 x 3168
• 3456 x 2304

• 2353 x 1568

Still image formats • RAW (.CR2 14-bit *)

• RAW (.CR2 14-bit *) + JPEG Large/Fine
• JPEG (EXIF 2.21) - Fine, Normal

Movie recording * • 1920 x 1080 (1080P, 16:9) @ 20 fps
• 1280 x 720 (720P, 16:9) @ 30 fps
• 640 x 480 (4:3) @ 30 fps
• Quicktime MOV format (H.264 video,linear PCM audio)
• Up to 29 min 59 sec (or max file size 4 GB)
Image processor * DIGIC 4
Lenses • Canon EF / EF-S lens mount
• 1.6x field of view crop
Focus modes • Auto Focus

• Manual Focus (switch on lens)

Auto Focus

• 9-point CMOS sensor
• F5.6 cross-type at center, extra sensitivity at F2.8

• AF working range: -0.5 to 18 EV (at 23°C, ISO 100)
• Predictive AF up to 10 m

AF modes • AI Focus

• One Shot
• AI Servo

AF point selection • Auto

• Manual

AF assist Flash strobe
Shooting modes • Auto
• Portrait
• Landscape
• Close-up

• Sports
• Night portrait
• Flash off
• Movie *
• Program AE (P)

• Shutter priority AE (Tv)
• Aperture priority AE (Av)
• Manual (M)
• Auto depth-of-field

Metering • TTL 35-zone SPC
• Metering range: EV 1.0 - 20 EV (at 23°C, ISO 100, 50 mm
F1.4)
Metering modes • Evaluative 35-zone (linked to AF points)
• Partial 9% at center
• Spot 4% at center
• Center-weighted average
AE Lock AE lock button
AE Bracketing • +/- 2.0 EV
• 0.5 or 0.3 EV increments
Exposure compen.

• +/- 2.0 EV

• 0.5 or 0.3 EV increments

Sensitivity

• Auto (100 - 1600 *)

• ISO 100
• ISO 200
• ISO 400
• ISO 800
• ISO 1600

• ISO 3200 *
• H1 expansion (ISO 6400 equiv.) *
• H2 expansion (ISO 12800 equiv.) *

• Highlight tone priority

Shutter • Focal-plane shutter
• 30 - 1/4000 sec (0.5 or 0.3 EV steps)

• Flash X-Sync: 1/200 sec
• Bulb

Aperture values • F1.0 - F91 (0.3 EV steps)

• Actual aperture range depends on lens used

White balance  • Auto
 • Daylight

 • Shade
 • Cloudy
 • Tungsten
 • Fluorescent
 • Flash

 • Custom

WB Bracketing • +/-3 levels
• 3 images

• Selectable Blue/Amber or Magenta/Green bias

WB fine-tuning • Blue (-9) to Amber (+9)
• Magenta (-9) to Green (+9)
Color space • sRGB
• Adobe RGB
Picture style • Standard
• Portrait
• Landscape

• Neutral
• Faithful
• Monochrome
• User 1
• User 2

• User 3

Custom image parameters • Sharpness: 0 to 7
• Contrast: -4 to +4

• Saturation: -4 to +4
• Color tone: -4 to +4
• B&W filter: N, Ye, Or, R, G
• B&W tone: N, S, B, P, G

Image processing • Highlight Tone Priority
• Auto Lighting Optimizer (Basic and Creative modes) *

• Long exposure noise reduction
• High ISO speed noise reduction *
• Peripheral illumination correction *

Drive modes • Single
• Continuous: 3.4 fps up to 170 JPEG / 9 RAW frames *
• Self-timer 10 secs (2 sec with mirror lock-up)

• Self-timer continuous

Mirror lockup Yes (custom function)
Viewfinder • Pentamirror
• 95% frame coverage
• Magnification: 0.87x (-1 diopter with 50 mm lens at infinity)
• Eyepoint: 19 mm

• Dioptric adjustment: -3.0 to +1.0 diopter
• Fixed precision matte
• Proximity sensor disables LCD shooting mode information

Viewfinder info • AF information (AF points focus confirmation light)
• Shutter speed
• Aperture value
• ISO speed (always displayed)
• AE lock

• Exposure level/compensation
• Spot metering circle
• Exposure warning
• AEB
• Flash ready

• High-speed sync
• FE lock
• Flash exposure compensation
• Red-eye reduction light
• White balance correction

• SD card information
• Monochrome shooting
• Maximum burst
• Highlight tone priority *

DOF preview Yes, button
LCD monitor * • 3.0" TFT LCD
• 920,000 pixels
• Wide viewing angle (170° horizontal and vertical)
• Dual anti-reflection, anti-smudge

• 7 brightness levels
• Up to 10x zoom playback

LCD Live view

• Live TTL display of scene from CMOS image sensor

• 100% frame coverage (30 fps display rate)
• Real-time evaluative metering using CMOS image sensor
• Best view or exposure simulation
• Grid optional (thirds)
• Magnify optional (5x or 10x at AF point)

• Optional Auto-focus with mirror-down / mirror-up sequence
• Optional Face Detect *
• Two modes; normal and quieter
• Remote live view using EOS Utility (via USB or WiFi/Ethernet using WFT)

• Manual focus only

Record review • Uses last play mode
• Magnification possible

• 2 / 4 / 8 sec / Hold

Flash • Auto pop-up E-TTL II auto flash
• Guide number approx 13

• Modes: Auto, Manual Flash On/ Off, Red-Eye Reduction
• X-Sync: 1/200 sec
• Flash exposure compensation: +/-2.0 EV (0.3 or 0.5 EV steps)
• Coverage up to 17 mm focal length (27 mm FOV equiv.)

External flash • E-TTL II auto flash with EX-series
Speedlites
• Hot-shoe
Other features • Orientation sensor
• Automatically writes FAT16/FAT32 depending on capacity
Auto rotation • On (playback uses orientation
data in file header)
• Off
Playback mode • Single image

• Single image with info (histogram brightness / RGB )
• Magnified view (1.5 - 10x in 15 steps, browsable)
• 4 and 9 image index
• Auto play

• Image rotation
• Jump (by 10, 100 or date)

Custom functions * 13 custom functions with 39 settings
Menu languages *

• English
• German

• French
• Dutch
• Danish
• Portuguese
• Finnish

• Italian
• Norwegian
• Swedish
• Spanish
• Greek

• Russian
• Polish
• Czech
• Hungarian
• Romanian

• Ukrainian
• Turkish
• Arabic
• Thai
• Simplified Chinese

• Traditional Chinese
• Korean
• Japanese

Firmware User upgradable
Connectivity

• USB 2.0 (Hi-Speed)
• Video out (PAL / NTSC) (integrated with USB terminal *)

• HDMI Type C *
• E3 type wired remote control

Audio *

• Mono microphone on front
• Mono speaker on rear

Storage • SD / SDHC card
Power • Lithium-Ion LP-E5 rechargeable
battery (7.4 V, 1050 mAh)
• Optional ACK-E5 AC adapter kit / car battery charger CBC-E5
Battery Grip Yes, BG-E5
Direct printing • Canon Selphy Printers

• Canon Bubble Jet Printers with direct print function
• Canon PIXMA Printers supporting PictBridge
• PictBridge

Dimensions 129 x 98 x 62 mm (5.1 x 3.9 x 2.4 in)
Weight (no battery) * 480 g (1.1 lb)
Software *

• Zoom Browser EX / ImageBrowser
• Digital Photo Professional (Windows / Mac)

• PhotoStitch
• EOS Utility (inc. Remote Capture; Windows & Mac except Mac Intel)
• Original Data Security Tools
• Picture Style Editor

* = Uusittu ominaisuus vanhaan EOS 450D Suositukseen.

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