It wasn't long before I got the chance to try out my newly-bought S95 on a trip to Siem Reap, Cambodia (it's actually why I chose this highly-portable P&S camera in the first place). Overwhelmed with eagerness, I couldn't help to start capturing everything I found interesting, even during my flight. I think most people would turn outside to shoot nice aerial photos, such as the one I shared below. It wasn't that fascinating but the shadow of our airplane made it looked quite special in a sense.
An important note is trying to minimize the reflection as much as possible. Try to get in as close as you can to the window without actually touching it (avoiding camera shake due to vibrations). It's also a good idea to use your free hand to cup around the lens as much as you can to shield it from reflections. Remember to turn off the flash as well. Sometimes, it might be hard for the camera to focus on the scenes outside the window as it'll tend to focus on the window instead (macro), especially when the plane window is not clear. Switching to manual focus mode can actually help a lot.
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| I was using P-Mode with ISO at 80, Shutter 1/250s and Aperture f4.0 (trying to mark down the exposure as it was a very sunny day when we arrived at Siem Reap). I had kept the WB at Auto and it looked reasonably correct. |
There were many scenes happening inside the plane as well. I was looking for other point of interests and managed to take some photos on the flight attendants and other passengers. Surprisingly, the photos turned out to be quite good to me (as a beginner of course). Here's one of them:
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| A backpacker planning his trip to Angkor Wat. I was using all settings at Auto (in P-Mode) and the camera 'chose' ISO 200, 1/80s Shutter and f3.5 Aperture (I really like the focus). |
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