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<blockquote data-quote="Clovishound" data-source="post: 814890" data-attributes="member: 50197">No need to apologize for the D3400. I have one as a backup camera in my bag. I've done almost no automotive photography, and what little I did was static. Anything that will give you fast shutter speeds without going too far with ISO. For birds in flight, I use Manual with auto ISO. I typically use 1500 - 2500 shutter speed, depending on the size of the bird, and F5.6 which is my max aperture with my long lens. I keep an eye on my ISO to make sure it doesn't go too high. You can fix a noisy, high ISO image (to a point) in editing, but you can't fix a blurry image from too slow a shutter speed. You will likely have to experiment to find the right shutter speed. It will depend on whether you are panning with the cars, or shooting static. You may want to keep it in mechanical shutter to avoid rolling shutter. I believe the D850 suffers from that as do most cameras with an electronic shutter. I would recommend practicing with some traffic shots. This will give you an idea of what will work for you. Perhaps someone else with experience at this will give you some specific settings that work for them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Clovishound, post: 814890, member: 50197"] No need to apologize for the D3400. I have one as a backup camera in my bag. I've done almost no automotive photography, and what little I did was static. Anything that will give you fast shutter speeds without going too far with ISO. For birds in flight, I use Manual with auto ISO. I typically use 1500 - 2500 shutter speed, depending on the size of the bird, and F5.6 which is my max aperture with my long lens. I keep an eye on my ISO to make sure it doesn't go too high. You can fix a noisy, high ISO image (to a point) in editing, but you can't fix a blurry image from too slow a shutter speed. You will likely have to experiment to find the right shutter speed. It will depend on whether you are panning with the cars, or shooting static. You may want to keep it in mechanical shutter to avoid rolling shutter. I believe the D850 suffers from that as do most cameras with an electronic shutter. I would recommend practicing with some traffic shots. This will give you an idea of what will work for you. Perhaps someone else with experience at this will give you some specific settings that work for them. [/QUOTE]

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