Digital cameras: Wife wants to be closer to kids action
Wife wants to be closer to kids action
by opieboy - 12/4/05 9:04 PMMy wife wants to get a better camera for taking pictures of our kids sporting events (waterpolo, softball,basketball). Our last camera was a Sony DSC-T1. Great camera for general photos but not for sporting events. She wants a camera that will take good action photos indoor and outdoor as well a zoom that will get her closer pixs of the kids in action. I have researched a little about dslr cameras and Canon seems to be the most popular. I must mention that my wife is a photo novice at best. Is there a non-dslr that will do what she wants? If not, is the Canon Rebel XT easy to use for a novice?
Sports Camera
by snapshot2
- 12/5/05 7:32 AM
In reply to: Wife wants to be closer to kids action by opieboy
Any of the 10X & 12X zoom cameras with image stabilization will work fine for outdoor sporting events.
Indoor....is a different story.
It depends upon how bright the lights are.
In most cases there is not enough light and the camera is marginal. You are pushing it to the limit.
Which means you must slow down the shutter speed, which means to are very likely to get blurred photos due to camera movement or blurred people in the photo due to people movement.
In addition, the ISO setting will be high (ISO 400) which will create noise in the dark areas of the photo.
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The DSLR (digital single lens reflex) cameras (such as the Canon Rebel XT) can set their ISO settings to ISO 1600 with little noise due to a much larger sensor assembly. High ISO settings (in effect) give you more light for the shot.
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The Canon Rebel XT and the rest of the DSLR cameras can be used in auto mode and they work like a point-and-shoot camera. They also have manual controls that let you take control of all of the camera functions.
While you are learning about the many features you can keep the camera in AUTO mode and fire away.
Here are some differences:
The DSLR is larger and heavier, but that can be good because it is easier to hold steady.
The DSLR will not have a video (movie) mode.
With the DSLR you will look through the viewfinder to take the picture. The LCD is for viewing photos you have taken and viewing the menu.
With the DSLR the viewfinder looks through the lens of the camera. WYSIWYG - (what you see is what you get).
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Image stabilazation
by whocaresjustcurious - 12/7/05 8:32 AM In reply to: Sports Camera by snapshot2
I don' think image stabilazation is useful for shoting sporting events or in any other situations when the subject is moving. It mostly helps to prevent blurring from camera shake. For sporting events I would go for a fast camera with a good ISO range. I would recommend new Fujifilm 5200, a relatively fast and inexpensive camera with 10x zoom and highest ISO 1600.
It's anti-blur technology is somewhat similar to image stabilazation. Although Fuji took a different approach. It takes amasing photos in low light conditions. It's fast, nice looking 5M camera. I bought it a month ago and don't regret. If you have extra bucks and need more megapixels you can go for Fujufilm 9000. However I don't believe that an average user needs more megapixels (it doesn't affect the quality of photos unless you make very large prints). I'm personally never going to buy a camera more than 5M.
Your imput is welcome here
by mrobzo - 12/7/05 9:00 AM In reply to: Image stabilazation by whocaresjustcuriouswhether it is right or wrong.
High ISO vs. Image stabilazation
by whocaresjustcurious - 12/7/05 11:53 AM In reply to: Your imput is welcome here by mrobzoThank you. I would appreciate if you could point out where I'm wrong because I consider this forum to be a good learning opportunity. I learn about digital photography mostly from online reviews and the like (I guess most amateurs do).
For example, everybody talks about image stabilazation. But I doubt a lot of people understand what are pros and cons of it. It's good to have both good ISO range and image stabilazation. But there's always a trade off in terms of price. When I was deciding for myself that ability to take good quality photos in low light conditions is more important for me than to snap faraway objects I chose a good ISO range over image stabilazation. Anyway, I think anyone who's serious about teleshooting will likely use a tripod.
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