Went to a rally last week to try out my new D50, first time I have used a DSLR or any SLR!
Took over 300 pics and just messed around with settings all day to see what i came up with.
Found if i kept it in sports mode it just froze the whole pic (no wheel motion) got it right a few times but cant remember what settings i had it on! Any other D50 users give me some tips on motorsport photography?
The pics havent been messed with, only cropped slightly. Ignore the last 3 pics they werent taken by me, honest!

Thanks.

Col.
http://photobucket.com/albums/v608/col74/kos/Crail%20november%205th/

Pretty good :thumb:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v608/col74/kos/Crail%20november%205th/JNN883V.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v608/col74/kos/Crail%20november%205th/XES209T.jpg

What lens are you using?

Using a Nikon 70-300mm lens, was actually a bit much because I was very close to the cars, a bit too close sometimes!

Col.

like this one...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v608/col74/kos/Crail%20november%205th/C45SSM.jpg

Not bad, shutter speed a bit high on some of them though - freezes the wheels. Use shutter priority mode and try somewhere around 1/250 to blur the wheels and give the impression of movement.

One other thing you can do to create movement is track the car as it goes along and use a slower shutter speed (like 1/60 or 1/125), then press the shutter release as you're tracking the car. You'll need to keep tracking the car as you press the button. When you get it right the car will appear sharp (as you've tracked it at the same speed) and the background will have horizontal motion blur. This gives the effect of movement in the direction of travel.

I hope you get what I mean...lol. If not then I'll try and explain again.

Best of luck and the pic's are good anyway, well exposed.

Paul.

One other thing you can do to create movement is track the car as it goes along and use a slower shutter speed (like 1/60 or 1/125), then press the shutter release as you're tracking the car. You'll need to keep tracking the car as you press the button. When you get it right the car will appear sharp (as you've tracked it at the same speed) and the background will have horizontal motion blur. This gives the effect of movement in the direction of travel.

I hope you get what I mean...lol. If not then I'll try and explain again.

Best of luck and the pic's are good anyway, well exposed.

Paul.
good explanation....just to add:
when i was at the last trackday, i found it very useful to just track the cars a few times so i got a feel of the best zoom and used to the speed of tracking the cars as they appoached and passed me.