Snapping a moving object.

[Wheels]

Yesterday I went to a local race track that is only 5 minutes away, I took a compact I have the use of, but between myself and my wife we couldnt figure out the correct settings to take the photos of the motorbikes and buggies, so we surrendered and stayed on AUTO mode.

The results were very blurred as expected.

I have just been sat at the front door with the compact trying out the various settings wife my wife cursing me as "She had better things to do"
I have just been trying to read on here and various other places how to shoot cars just passing on the main road, so I get the sence the car is moving with the background blurred and the subject focused.

Any tips on settings that I can use please

much appreciated

 

[andrewc]

On a dSLR, you would select shutter priority mode, and choose a speed between 1/320 and 1/60 depending on your panning skill. Start high and work downwards. Does your compact offer this mode?

Otherwise, wait until your new kit arrives! So much easier on a big camera than a compact.

 

[Wheels]

On a dSLR, you would select shutter priority mode, and choose a speed between 1/320 and 1/60 depending on your panning skill. Start high and work downwards. Does your compact offer this mode?

Otherwise, wait until your new kit arrives! So much easier on a big camera than a compact.

on the settings it says speed minimum 16.0 upto 1/2000

 

[andrewc]

So the camera has some sort of shutter priority mode, well this is a start. Suggest starting highish - eg 1/320. Can you choose a focus point or does it guess? You may have to pre-empt the shutter lag as well.

 

[Wheels]

So the camera has some sort of shutter priority mode, well this is a start. Suggest starting highish - eg 1/320. Can you choose a focus point or does it guess? You may have to pre-empt the shutter lag as well.

Focal point menu says

multiaf
centre af
self portrait
face detection

 

[EOS_JD]

The problem with compacts is the delay in firing the shutter (shutter lag as noted above). You press the button and it takes a long time for the image to record (well a long delay in comparison to a dslr. THat doesn't cause the blur but means it's hard to use a compact for this type of photography.

In order to shoot at higher shutter speeds, does your camera have a sports mode? That should set the maximum aperture and a fast shutter speed. ISO may be higher which means moisier images but it should be ok.

 

[Wheels]

The problem with compacts is the delay in firing the shutter (shutter lag as noted above). You press the button and it takes a long time for the image to record (well a long delay in comparison to a dslr. THat doesn't cause the blur but means it's hard to use a compact for this type of photography.

In order to shoot at higher shutter speeds, does your camera have a sports mode? That should set the maximum aperture and a fast shutter speed. ISO may be higher which means moisier images but it should be ok.

Eos the camera doesnt have a sports mode the camera is a Samsung NV24HD