Travel Photography - A380 windows suck

Anybody else notice how hard it is to take a photo out of an A380 window ? Too much space between the panes and they are placed too high, impossible to look straight down.

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I still haven't flown in one. Do you have a pic?

I gladly traded the amenities and comfort of my Emirates A380 flight to DBX for being able to shoot out the windows. I took off in darkness and landed in darkness, so it really didn't matter. I just watched from the tail-mounted camera.

Anybody else notice how hard it is to take a photo out of an A380 window ? Too much space between the panes and they are placed too high, impossible to look straight down.

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Yes, that's is a tough one to deal with when aiming at any direction other than straight-on (to eliminate concern for glare). Try to use a polaroid filter.
In biz class, had access to 2 very large windows and they were not high at all. Found shooting was good. Often, dirty windows may be a bigger problem. If I was flying day time, I'd be sitting on the shaded side of the plane.

I've flown a couple and didn't have much trouble with them. My big qualm is with the giant wing too many seats are positioned above it in a way you can't get a good ground shot.

I'll take an A380 window over an always scratched and dirty CRJ-200 window any day.

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Yes, that's is a tough one to deal with when aiming at any direction other than straight-on (to eliminate concern for glare). Try to use a polaroid filter.
In biz class, had access to 2 very large windows and they were not high at all. Found shooting was good. Often, dirty windows may be a bigger problem. If I was flying day time, I'd be sitting on the shaded side of the plane.

Polarizer

Polarizer

yes. my bad.

IME using a polariser through airplane windows is useless, as with it you can see all the internal stresses in the material coloured like rainbows. It may depend on the specific window material or angle of the light, so you can try, but be prepared to take the filter off quickly if you want a good photo.

IME using a polariser through airplane windows is useless, as with it you can see all the internal stresses in the material coloured like rainbows. It may depend on the specific window material or angle of the light, so you can try, but be prepared to take the filter off quickly if you want a good photo.

In my experience, it depends on the window. Polarizer works great in some cases and in others is a disaster. Unfortunately, I cannot remember the specifics.

a cheap filter is about $10 min. you expect a couple square feet of window two pane to be of the same quality? i am amazed to see people who supposidly know what they are doing shooting thru windows, which are common float glass.

a cheap filter is about $10 min. you expect a couple square feet of window two pane to be of the same quality? i am amazed to see people who supposidly know what they are doing shooting thru windows, which are common float glass.


Well, the folks who operate the planes take a dim view of removing the window glass to improve one's photography.

Not really sure how one takes a picture from 35,000 feet in the air without doing it through an airplane window.

Well, the folks who operate the planes take a dim view of removing the window glass to improve one's photography.

If you did that, the windows would REALLY suck.

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If you did that, the windows would REALLY suck.

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Well, yes, but only very briefly. Of course, then the oxygen mask would probably get in the way of properly composing with the camera.