Re: Question for photographers

I think you're probably right about that, Barbara, since every time I take an action pic with my digital, I'm sure I missed it because of what seems like lag, but the picture usually seems to be what was in the viewer when I hit the button, meaning I don't usually miss the shot. Now, I need a digital with a decent zoom. Mine sucks.

Anne


Barbara Carlson wrote:
I have not mastered action photograph yet. Most digital cameras have a setting that with take 3 to 5 pictures in rapid succession by holding down the shutter button. I am hoping that may solve the problem. However, I always thought the delay was for the camera to register what it took. My camera appears to be recording what I take when I press the button, the delay is waiting for the next picture to be able to be taken to come up. I will pay more attention to be sure. My first digital camera--a cheap HP--did give me a delay between pressing the shutter and taking the picture--drove me nuts. My current camera will also allow me to manually adjust for shutter speed for action photography rather than using the auto settings. I haven't fooled with that much either. There are so many things the new digital cameras will do (even the simple ones) that it is hard to remember how to do them out in the field. When you sit down and read the book it looks easy! Talked to the photographer at the dog show yesterday who has a high-end Canon digital, and he says no problems doing action shots. So, I guess I just have to learn how. I have a medium quality Pentax 750Z I think is the model--7 megapixel, 5x optical zoom.

Barb C.
"Eliyahu Rooff" <lrooff@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:lUzTf.400$NN1.279@xxxxxxxxxxx
The aspect which causes more frustration is the delay between pressing the shutter button and taking the actual picture. As a long-time SLR user, I find it exasperating to try and catch any sort of action picture with my digital camera and losing it due to delay, particularly when shooting animal pictures. In the time between pressing the button and getting the picture, my cats have inevitably stopped doing whatever cute thing it was, and wandered off to use the litter box.

Eliyahu

"Barbara Carlson" <bbcarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:ktmdneSfpceVO4PZnZ2dnUVZ_u-dnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
It takes my Pentax 2 or 3 seconds in high-quality mode, or at least it seems that long, and that is with a fast card. The quality setting of the camera affects the recovery time, too. You may find they figured that 0.9 on a lower-quality setting--I could probably get that on mine, too. I take my pictures on either TIFF or JPG because we occasionally do get a picture we want to really enlarge (we have sold some of our pictures) and you never know in advance when you are going to get that special picture! Of course, the higher-quality setting eats up a lot more memory on the card. I have a 2 gig card and a 1 gig card.

Barb C.
"Margie" <nomoremargiesjunk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:m9as12p9399hqlcl7q4bbn3lia6e5jl5in@xxxxxxxxxx
Thanks, Barb -- on further research I came to basically the same
conclusion. This camera is supposed to "recover" in about 0.9
seconds, and I think the fast card will make the difference.

Margie

On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 22:52:08 -0500, "Barbara Carlson"
<bbcarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The speed affects how quickly the camera records the image so that the next
picture can be taken. The slower the card the longer the time before you
can take another picture. This can be critical in some situations. I did
notice the difference when I bought a faster card. Of course the faster
card costs more. The frustrating part about digital can be that
delay--which is significant even with a fast card. Most of the time it may
not matter, but sometimes it does!

Barb C.
"Margie" <nomoremargiesjunk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I just purchased a Casio Exilim Z500 camera. It uses SD memory and
doesn't come with a card, so I'm in the market for a 1 GB card. The
owner's manual recommends a maximum transfer speed of no less than 10
MB/sec. There are cards of varying types and prices, and I'm not sure
how important this transfer speed is. I found a good deal on a card
that is rated for 9-10 MB/sec (read and write). Can anyone explain to
me what the card speed affects and how important it is? (Normally I'd
trust the owner's manual, but my Acura manual says to use only Premium
gas, and I've always used the middle grade until about 6 months ago
when I switched to regular, and I notice no ill effect. So, so much
for the owner's manual.) Thanks for any help or suggestions.

Margie




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