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<blockquote data-quote="Don Kuykendall_RIP" data-source="post: 469024" data-attributes="member: 6277"><p>Depends on what you are willing to accept for grain. I have shot at 6400 and gotten good shots. It all depends on what you want to do with the photos. For BIF I also have U2 set up so I can go to it fast when I see a bird take off. I have never gotten consistently good results with anything less than 1/1600sec. Even then the wingtips tend to blur a little form movement. I guess that depends on what kind of bird you are shooting. Some soar so you could get by with a slower speed. Some of them are flapping their wings as fast as they can so you need a faster speed.&nbsp; I assume that is the case ans set up for it. I do my know the D5300 so not sure how the Auto ISO is set up. You may not have the setup that Blacktop is talking about so that might confuse you. I know my D7000 does not have it. The D7100 does. It sets the shutter speed based on the zoom. The longer the lens the faster the shutter speed. Absolutely wonderful feature. But you may not have that so you will have to set your shutter speed for yourself.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Don Kuykendall_RIP, post: 469024, member: 6277"] Depends on what you are willing to accept for grain. I have shot at 6400 and gotten good shots. It all depends on what you want to do with the photos. For BIF I also have U2 set up so I can go to it fast when I see a bird take off. I have never gotten consistently good results with anything less than 1/1600sec. Even then the wingtips tend to blur a little form movement. I guess that depends on what kind of bird you are shooting. Some soar so you could get by with a slower speed. Some of them are flapping their wings as fast as they can so you need a faster speed. I assume that is the case ans set up for it. I do my know the D5300 so not sure how the Auto ISO is set up. You may not have the setup that Blacktop is talking about so that might confuse you. I know my D7000 does not have it. The D7100 does. It sets the shutter speed based on the zoom. The longer the lens the faster the shutter speed. Absolutely wonderful feature. But you may not have that so you will have to set your shutter speed for yourself. [/QUOTE]

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