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<blockquote data-quote="nickt" data-source="post: 552182" data-attributes="member: 4923">Shutter speed is slow for a moving shot, 1/200. You got good results though. They say 1/(focal length) is a good start for safe handheld shutter speed. Some recommend 1/(focal length x 1.5), so 1/450. Lens VR helps you beat the odds too. I tend to use double the focal length for a zoom. Avoid minimum aperture (you did at f10).My standard newbie recommendation is to brush up the exposure triangle. <a href="http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/camera-exposure.htm" target="_blank">Camera Exposure: Aperture, ISO &amp; Shutter Speed</a>Shutter, aperture and iso all come together to create a proper exposure. Those parameters can all be juggled a bit within the 'triangle' to still produce a properly exposed image, but favoring a particular parameter and minimizing a side effect from another. Exposure compensation shifts that metered exposure for special situations where part of the subject might not expose properly with normal metering. In this case with the white car, it may have helped you. Maybe -1 rather than -2, but it probably helped to not blow the white out. Negative exposure comp underexposes the shot, positive comp will overexpose. This can help get proper exposure on a smaller main subject that is very bright or very dark.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="nickt, post: 552182, member: 4923"] Shutter speed is slow for a moving shot, 1/200. You got good results though. They say 1/(focal length) is a good start for safe handheld shutter speed. Some recommend 1/(focal length x 1.5), so 1/450. Lens VR helps you beat the odds too. I tend to use double the focal length for a zoom. Avoid minimum aperture (you did at f10). My standard newbie recommendation is to brush up the exposure triangle. [url=http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/camera-exposure.htm]Camera Exposure: Aperture, ISO & Shutter Speed[/url] Shutter, aperture and iso all come together to create a proper exposure. Those parameters can all be juggled a bit within the 'triangle' to still produce a properly exposed image, but favoring a particular parameter and minimizing a side effect from another. Exposure compensation shifts that metered exposure for special situations where part of the subject might not expose properly with normal metering. In this case with the white car, it may have helped you. Maybe -1 rather than -2, but it probably helped to not blow the white out. Negative exposure comp underexposes the shot, positive comp will overexpose. This can help get proper exposure on a smaller main subject that is very bright or very dark. [/QUOTE]

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