Ok,
Since there isn't a D5000 forum I thought I would post this here .
I went to a R/C truck event today and those little buggers are fast ! Anyhow I have never photographed anything that fast before and have not manually played with shutter speeds on my 5000 .
Can anyone help me out here ? I couldn't find the right setting that didn't make the trucks look blurry .
I know that I have a fast enough shutter speed I just don't know how to set it up and the manual is very vague . I have up to 1/4,000 which I am sure is fast enough. When i did set it to 4,000 to try it, the pics came out way too dark.

Any ideas ?
there is another race tomorrow that i would like to attend if i can figure the camera out.

Thanks,
Duc

Hi Duc,

The goal will be to get a properly expose shot of the trucks. There are a few ways:

a. Shooting technique
Not sure what is your position in relation to the trucks. Are you shooting the side of the trucks or are you shooting them headon? If shooting on the side of the trucks, you might wish to use the panning method i.e. you follow the truck with your camera while shooting. You would have to use continuous shooting here. You can read more of the technique here: http://www.howcast.com/videos/192889-How-To-Shoot-Great-Panning-Shots

b. Working with shutter priority.
Check your manual on how to set your cam to shutter priority where you can set the shutter speed and the cam decides on the aperture to get proper exposure. If you find that the images are still too dark or there is not sufficient depth of field to provide good focus, you might want to increase the ISO.

Hope this helps.

Matthew