Hello all,
I am new to photography and I have a physics project where I need to take some tricky photos. My friend suggested I start with either a D300 or D200. I have purchased both cameras (used, as I am on a very limited budget) and now I'm ready to get started. I have an F-type lens, a NK3518U to share between both cameras.
Ok, so my challenge is I have to take a picture of a moving target at between 10 and 60 mph, at a distance between 35 and 75 feet. The target is an B&W OLED display that has characters approx. 3 inches tall and I need them to be in focus every time. Can anyone help me set the basic settings so I can get started. I would love to be able to use a general AF setting, but I've been trying various configurations between both cameras and I'm not having much luck. I have been successful with manual focusing for about 60% of my shots. If I have to use a manual focus setting I need to know how to fix the focus so that vibrations will not knock the lens out of focus over multiple shots.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
I am new to photography and I have a physics project where I need to take some tricky photos. My friend suggested I start with either a D300 or D200. I have purchased both cameras (used, as I am on a very limited budget) and now I'm ready to get started. I have an F-type lens, a NK3518U to share between both cameras.
Ok, so my challenge is I have to take a picture of a moving target at between 10 and 60 mph, at a distance between 35 and 75 feet. The target is an B&W OLED display that has characters approx. 3 inches tall and I need them to be in focus every time. Can anyone help me set the basic settings so I can get started. I would love to be able to use a general AF setting, but I've been trying various configurations between both cameras and I'm not having much luck. I have been successful with manual focusing for about 60% of my shots. If I have to use a manual focus setting I need to know how to fix the focus so that vibrations will not knock the lens out of focus over multiple shots.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.