digital with the fastest shutter action? WHich?
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Blazer88
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The IDs MKIII will do 1/8000, which is the same as any of the prosumer bodies (20/30/40D). The XT/XTi will do 1/4000. Either of those speeds are excessively fast for aquarium work (and not really possible given the amount of light)...what type of action are you trying to stop?
Flitty fish---and skaters on ice: sports.
Going to be doing some Christmas shopping.
But we have an EOS. We're just looking for a point-and-shoot that can give a good account of itself in the same applications, for another member of the household who wants a light, fairly one-hand sort of camera.
Going to be doing some Christmas shopping.
But we have an EOS. We're just looking for a point-and-shoot that can give a good account of itself in the same applications, for another member of the household who wants a light, fairly one-hand sort of camera.
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KurtsReef
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Biggest difference between even entry level DSLR's and P&S or "Digital Still" camera's is the shutter lag.
Do you want to wait a second or two or have the photo taken when you hit the release? With DSLR's its less than 1/2 second even with a horrible slr...good ones its in the 1/2000th second or better range
Same thing with start up..or ready to shoot after turning on.
BeanAnimal
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My old P&S was a POS. The shutter lag was so bad that you could not capture a turtle walking accross the road!
Yep...I know that camera. I googled shutter lag and found a site that compares various brands. Among the worst is Minolta, which, it turns out, is what we have as our second camera.
Fujifilm and the Canon Rebel turn out to be much better. Casio is rated one of the fastest, but reviewers say it has a fuzzy focus, so that's no good---fast but fuzzy.
I've always liked everything Fuji company puts out, and I tend to like Canon. THis is going to be a bit of a search.
Fujifilm and the Canon Rebel turn out to be much better. Casio is rated one of the fastest, but reviewers say it has a fuzzy focus, so that's no good---fast but fuzzy.
I've always liked everything Fuji company puts out, and I tend to like Canon. THis is going to be a bit of a search.
BeanAnimal
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dpreview appears to be a fairly decent resource for point and shoots. We just got a Fuji (the one with facial recognition I think) and it takes good photos with very little shutter lag. She does not like to use the D50 and prefers the P&S.
juniormc8704
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well to give you an idea, these were taken with a 1/2000 shutter speed.
juniormc8704
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those were on my old d40, i was merely trying to show what kind of detail you can get with things at high speed, with a shutter of only 1/2000
The Fuji cameras have awesome Shutter response, I shoot pro body D-SLRs but my little Fuji F30 is a great back up, the shutter response is awesome and it can go up to 3200 ISO so shooting in situations where no flash is allowed is also possible. People always seem to harp on about megapixels but the Fuji has produced double page spreads in magazines and its 6 mp! I wouldnt touch a Kodak and thats from selling them for years before becoming a photographer. If money is no object and you want amazing quality the you cant go wrong with a Canon G9, it a p&s but will grow with you as your skills develop.
BeanAnimal
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We shopped for P&S cameras and chose the Fuji over the Nikon... I kept trying to force myself to buy the Nikon but the Fuji was just a better value.
