Photography Iso Settings
Photography- I wan’t to take some pictures of car racing and motorcycle racing….?
I have a Sony H-5 which has a bunch of settings I can change in the Manual mode….The race will be outdoors and it’s a sunny day. Which settings should I use? I also would like to blur the backgorund on some of the shots if this is possible. I want to try something more than just changing the ISO setting or using the Auto feature…..
It is a digital camera.
I have a UV filter, should I use it? I don’t have time to go to a shop…there isn’t one in my area anyway. Unfrtunately
When you want the camera to do most of the work for you (and there is nothing wrong with that), select High-speed shutter scene mode.
Since you want more control, do as a previous answer suggested and use shutter priority and set the shutter speed yourself.
I suggest starting with a high ISO setting to ensure you get some shots, then adjusting the ISO downward till it starts to restrict the available shutter speed. This will give you useable photos early on and higher quality, lower noise photos later. There is no reason to set a higher ISO than you need for your highest shutter speed (how high the ISO has to be will depend on available light.) Be sure to check your early photos and adjust the ISO setting if needed to get a high enough shutter speed to get the amount of motion blur you want in the background while keeping ISO as low as you can to minimize noise in the photo.
Motion of the vehicle across your field of vision causes blur much more than motion toward or away from you, so play with all different paths of the vehicles and see which results you like most. It’s pretty easy to freeze motion when it’s moving directly toward or away from you. But then you can only see the front or back, not the sides. Try several different approaches and see which you like most.
Panning (moving the camera to keep the vehicle in the same spot in the viewfinder) is a little hard to do at first, just keep practicing and you will get better quickly. Look at the photos frequently as you’re shooting will give you good feedback so you can see how you’re doing.
As in most photo shoots, you have to make tradeoffs.
Digital Camera- ISO settings
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