Digital cameras: Fastest camera in the west?
Fastest camera in the west?
by mattyshack - 10/30/03 3:37 PMThe digital camera I have now is slow. Seems like the software is slow along with the actual taking of the pictures. I have been reading reviews for other cameras and they all seem to have that as one of the complaints. Are there any cameras that someone can recommend that takes pictures faster than others? I've lost so many good shots due to the speed of my camera.
Re:Fastest camera in the west?
by Tony Holmes - 10/30/03 7:02 PM In reply to: Fastest camera in the west? by mattyshackTry doing a Google on "digital shutter lag".
Re:Fastest camera in the west?
by David Chan - 10/30/03 7:20 PM In reply to: Fastest camera in the west? by mattyshackYou did not mention price range.
FYI, the new breed of Digital SLRs & Prosumer cameras can shoot in continuous mode @ up to 3fps and the high end models have storage buffer for up to 10 frames.
Go to this link and research your favorite make/models and check out their specs:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos1ds/page2.asp
In particular look at these make/model: Canon EOS-1Ds, 10D & 300D, Olympus E-1, Pentax *istD, Sony DSC-F828 & Minolta DiMAGE A-1.
Re:Re:Fastest camera in the west?
by Kiera_the_thief - 11/12/03 4:08 PM In reply to: Re:Fastest camera in the west? by David Chan...And how about the new Nikon D2H (if money it's not a problem)??
Re:Fastest camera in the west?
by mclarke - 11/4/03 9:41 PM In reply to: Fastest camera in the west? by mattyshackI just tried out a new Minolta 10x optical 3.3 megapixel camera. It seems to be the fastest I've seen (faster than Olympus C-700 series), faster than Kodak. Read this: http://www.tristatecamera.com/lookat.php3?sid=thz8bw7c&sku=MINDZ1&cs=find.php3&action=search&target=products&keywords=dimage,%20z1&search_method=all
There's stats on speed here. Problem is, during the trial period (I purchased it elsewhere), I only took shots in bad light (as that's the most challenging). Results were fairly blurry at times. Might have been my fault or the camera's. Sometimes there was a color shift. I am really in a quandary myself, as I want a fast camera for poor lighting situations.
Blurry images....
by David Chan - 11/5/03 5:35 AM In reply to: Re:Fastest camera in the west? by mclarkeIt's neither your fault nor the cameras' but due to camera shake/movement.
The old photographic rule of 1/lens focal length for minimum shutter speed also applies to digital photography.
Now your camera can zoom out to an equivalent of 380mm which means that when you take an image at 380mm you should use a shutter speed of 1/380th sec to eliminate any camera shake.
But due to convenience one often forgets this and simply take the shot anyway and the result is a blurred image.
Now in low ambient light such shutter speeds are not possible if you want to get the correct exposure and on auto/program exposure the camera will expose it at 1/30 sec or slower thus the result is a perfectly exposed but blurred image!
If at all possible use a tripod and you will see the difference.
Re:Fastest camera in the west?
by vincentmo - 12/29/03 1:34 AM In reply to: Fastest camera in the west? by mattyshackDigital SLRs will be fast, and they offer lots of other benefits too, if you're serious about photography. I'm going to get a Canon 10d in the next couple months... Canon Digital Rebel (aka 300d) is a cheaper digital slr (still $1000 though).
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