phillyt1988
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There's two methods of taking a "rolling" shot, panning which involves following the subject whilst you are stationary or tracking which involves the camera moving at the same speed as the subject which is either done by sitting in another car or with a mount that attatches to the subject car.
I'm no pro but will try and give a simple explanation of each and settings that would be useful to help to get a decent shot.
First off with panning (I only tend to use this for track photography when it comes to cars) but can be used for various other situations. The idea is to focus on the subject in question in this case the car and follow in as it pans through the scenery to give the idea of movement in the form of background blur.
I tend to start down at around 1/60 - 1/80 for my shutter speed and adjust the aperture to suit along with the various other settings. If you're just starting out I wouldn't bother with shooting fully manual and use the "S" setting on your camera. This means that you can easily adjust the shutter speed and the camera will do the rest of the work for you and is a great platform to learn which shutter speeds suit which scenario. The lower the shutter speed the greater the motion blur but too much and your subject will end up blurred too! The best bet is to fire off as many shots as possible as they don't always look as good on the monitor as they do on the tiny camera display!
Here's an example of panning from a photographer that did the pictures for my magazine feature.
Shutter 1/60 Aperture f/13
For tracking exactly the same principals are applied and here. The best bet is to get in a mates car, get him to travel exactly the same speed as the subject where possible, keep the camera steady and focussed on the subject and snap away. Once again fire off as many shots at possible with the hope you'll get the perfect one!
Here's an example (all be it non Honda) of a shot I took recently of my mates Passat
Shutter 1/160 Aperture f/10
I hope this helps and I'll be happy to try and answer any questions...
I'm no pro but will try and give a simple explanation of each and settings that would be useful to help to get a decent shot.
First off with panning (I only tend to use this for track photography when it comes to cars) but can be used for various other situations. The idea is to focus on the subject in question in this case the car and follow in as it pans through the scenery to give the idea of movement in the form of background blur.
I tend to start down at around 1/60 - 1/80 for my shutter speed and adjust the aperture to suit along with the various other settings. If you're just starting out I wouldn't bother with shooting fully manual and use the "S" setting on your camera. This means that you can easily adjust the shutter speed and the camera will do the rest of the work for you and is a great platform to learn which shutter speeds suit which scenario. The lower the shutter speed the greater the motion blur but too much and your subject will end up blurred too! The best bet is to fire off as many shots as possible as they don't always look as good on the monitor as they do on the tiny camera display!
Here's an example of panning from a photographer that did the pictures for my magazine feature.
Shutter 1/60 Aperture f/13
For tracking exactly the same principals are applied and here. The best bet is to get in a mates car, get him to travel exactly the same speed as the subject where possible, keep the camera steady and focussed on the subject and snap away. Once again fire off as many shots at possible with the hope you'll get the perfect one!
Here's an example (all be it non Honda) of a shot I took recently of my mates Passat
Shutter 1/160 Aperture f/10
I hope this helps and I'll be happy to try and answer any questions...
ive been tryin loads of setting on my camera to get these type of shots... might take a trip wiv a mate this weekend a try an get some proper rolling shots using the settings you posted.... 
