Taking Pic From Moving AC w/Nikon D80

[Kaos]

Equipment: Nikon D80 with Sigma 300mm lens and a 30-70mm lens.
Experience: Very little.
Never used this camera before, can I expect to figure it out and take some decent shots from the air?
Suggestions on settings?
Thanks

[Tanner_J]

From a Boeing 747 or Cessna 152? It's too broad of a question.

[Kaos]

Small plane, not sure which one, maybe a Caravan.
Possibly will do some sight seeing in a helicopter also.
All shots will be to the ground, no air to air shots.

[Tanner_J]

Probably shouldn't have to much of a problem really. I'd open the door if you could so you're not shooting through glass.

[brianw999]

If you're planning on taking shots to include the aircraft wing, i.e. the "wing view" shots that we see in the database here, then a 300mm may be a little too "long".

For shots of ground objects such as someones house then 300 should be OK but it may well be worth having a shorter zoom lens such as an 18-135 or 70-200/300.