Rivitography, 29 June 2013, 18:06
Okay, I am going to a Ferrari Concours tomorrow in West Hartford, Connecticut. I want to know the best shooting mode for moving cars and parked cars on a Canon EOS Rebel T3. I want to know what you use, and how you like it. Right now, I am currently using TV mode with a shutter speed of 1/125 for all scenarios
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TheCarGuy, 19 July 2013, 00:59
Late reply, but you can do this for any future events. I keep my setting on my 60D on P mode when I take pics. I enhance the photo a little bit by using the landscape setting.
Chloe, 19 July 2013, 04:58
P is good on default when the light is good, in low light or moving targets then shutter priority, in good light aperture priority and high F number is also good when shooting cars from really close, because it easily ends up the rear of the car being out of focus.
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GTRJacko, 19 July 2013, 06:42
I like to use Av mode (Aperture Priority) at F/4.0, to give a depth of field when shooting cars. It also helps when it get's dark, as a wider aperture always lets more light in, so in basements and multistory car parks, you can get faster shutter speeds thanks to the wider aperture. I used to capture moving cars using the sports mode, but that tends to increase the ISO, which i don't like at all.
Chloe, 19 July 2013, 06:52
GTRJacko wrote:
It also helps when it get's dark, as a wider aperture always lets more light in, so in basements and multistory car parks, you can get faster shutter speeds thanks to the wider aperture.
In that situation you're better off with shutter priority and and 1/10-1/20s because if it's get too dark the aperture priority will just do too long exposures.
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GTRJacko, 19 July 2013, 09:50
Chloe wrote:
GTRJacko wrote:
It also helps when it get's dark, as a wider aperture always lets more light in, so in basements and multistory car parks, you can get faster shutter speeds thanks to the wider aperture.
In that situation you're better off with shutter priority and and 1/10-1/20s because if it's get too dark the aperture priority will just do too long exposures.
True...although a Tripod also helps too, in situations like that. I sometimes have quite a shaky hand, and in the basement of which i photograph some cars, even at a high ISO like 1600/3200, it still takes around 1/5 seconds, if not more. I should try that out next though, so thanks ;)
Chloe, 19 July 2013, 13:41
And it's always better to have under-exposed sharp photo than a correctly exposed blurred photo. It's easy to fix lighting in photoshop afterwards.
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