Yet another digi camera question...
 

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Right, this is the type of photograph I will mainly be taking. As you can see the camera my mate has, is not doing too good a job of it! The question is, do I have to spend a fortune on a digi camera to take 'action' pics? Any suggetions, I have no price in mind yet, (although, not a digi SLR...that would break the bank lol)

Probably firing the flash would help (reducing shutter speeds), but i think you will nead a highly adjustable camera with a very fast shutter :wink:

That sounds expensive :? Never knew the flash increased shutter speed.

You need for sure a better camera than his one, no need for a shutter set at 1/2000, probably 1/640 or 1/800 sec will do. Problem is when there is not much light.. in such cases the pic risk to end up dark... of course the more expensive a camera the better in this case :( but I'd say you need one where you can fiddle with shutter speed and diaphragm or whatever is called :D

yeah you will need a Very expensive SLR type Digital camera or a half that price high end film Camera like most professional sports photographers still use because of your exact problem cost.

Or a "SLR-like" as I choosed ;) costing a bit less than the cheaper SLR cameras but still not to bad! Sadly I think it's already to much :(

jon_s - What camera are you using ??

Looking at your photos you need to use a faster shutter speed, something like 1/250 - 1/320 should do. Also, make sure you follow (pan) your subject. As soon as they come into view start tracking them through the view finder, when they reach the 'target' zone press the shutter button but continue to track them. This will give you a sharp subject with a blurred background.

If you don't follow the subject you'll need a very high shutter speed of at least 1/1200 and you won't get blurred backgrounds.

Umm, I will find out what camera it was. The first pic is static, but the second is following the subject, it is better, but no where near what I want.

I will start looking for cameras with that shutter speed....

edit, it is this one I think:

http://tinyurl.com/5bfnq

Most digital cameras have shutter speeds ranging from 15 sec to 1/2000 sec. It's just practice taking photos that you probably need.

hehe, not going to argue with that lol I could only see a 'sports' function on his camera, no shutter speed changer. Are there digi cameras taht you can change the shutter speed on?


edit: what about the second hand market?

Does your camera have a 'Tv' or 'M' mode ?

It does not have the TV mode, I am not sure about 'M'

Edit, damn the Canon EOS 10D can take some amazing pics! Ok, it has a lot to do with the photographer too lol


**not 56k friendly, not even 512k friendly lol**
http://web.canon.jp/Imaging/EOS10D/d...nightscene.jpg

Even with low end cameras you can still get good photos, it just takes practice :)

Burst mode.

How about something like this:
http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/Z1/Z1A.HTM#picky

The DiMAGE Z1 is a strange shape but a good quality camera.
Konica Minolta are releasing some new models soon though - DiMAGE Z3, DiMAGE Z10 so it might be worth waiting a little.

You won't find a better long zoom camera for cheaper than these models

I am certainly in no rush, I have only just started looking into the camera world and I like to make an informed choice so I will have time to look at these new models coming out.