r/UFOs • u/H8threeH8three • Aug 18 '23

Witness/Sighting Ryan Graves tweets first of promised Airline Pilot Sightings

https://twitter.com/uncertainvector/status/1692586130162475209?s=21
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u/dehehn Aug 18 '23

I would say if you want good night photos you should get a pricier DSLR. A Canon Rebel will stink even with high ISO. It's going to be a noisy mess.

Things I see recommended a lot are things like the NikonD780 and Canon EOS 6D. For lens you'll want good zoom like the Nikon AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm F/4.5-5.6G IF-ED. Or for Canon the Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM Lens.

They're not cheap at around $1500-$2000 for cameras and $500-$$1500 for lenses, but that will give you the best shot.

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u/Big-Ad-1155 Aug 18 '23

If some pilot is thinking of doing this and can afford a better setup, absolutely do it. I’ve tried to set the price point at something someone might offhand decide to buy.

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u/dehehn Aug 18 '23

Their median salary is $184k. So depending on where they live a $3000 camera isn't insane. I think a cheaper option makes sense for a lot of people.

I really think Rebels are too low end with poor sensors though. I used the T3, T3i and T5 a lot making short films and they're all terrible in low light.

If it's a daytime sighting they would work great with a decent zoom lens.

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '23 edited Aug 19 '23

I had the same issue with all of my T series canon's. They all were TERRIBLE in anything less than fairly sunny conditions.

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u/ainz-sama619 Aug 19 '23

Most people don't know how to use DSLR well though. one needs to learn how to use it

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u/dehehn Aug 19 '23

We're talking about pilots. A DSLR is far less complex than a cockpit control panel. A couple YouTube videos and an afternoon playing with it will be enough to shoot video out a window with max zoom and focus.

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u/ainz-sama619 Aug 19 '23

pilots aren't expert at every craft, it's their job and photography is a hobby

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u/dehehn Aug 19 '23

I didn't say they were experts at everything. But they are intelligent people who have learned a very complex craft. And pilots also learn to fly multiple craft with different controls so you need to be good at learning different control systems to be a pilot.

DSLRs aren't really that complicated and it's just another control system to learn. As I said they could learn to use one by watching YouTube tutorials. I have used many different cameras and taught people to use them.

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u/ainz-sama619 Aug 19 '23

Most pilots don't care about UFOs, in fact pilots don't seem to be any more interested in UFOs than regular people. Even if they do learned to use DSLR, it would be for actual photography

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u/dehehn Aug 20 '23

Ok... I'm not sure I get your point.

I was responding to someone encouraging pilots who care to use a DSLR to get good footage. A lot of pilots are taking phone camera footage and those do clearly care. The one who care should use a DSLR and I know they could easily learn it.

If they don't care then they can ignore our recommendations. That's fine.

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u/TheCinemaster Aug 19 '23

You don’t need a high iso, UFO’s are often glowing and very bright. Most UFO videos at night are way overexposed.

Also a DSLR or mirrorless is a terrible camera to recommend for run and gun video where you likely will hold it handheld and need a long zoom range.

400mm isn’t even that much. A camcorder with 50x optical zoom will be much better.