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SWScorch

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Howdy all! I'm looking for a new digital camera to replace my Fuji A210. Don't get me wrong, the A210 is a pretty nice entry-level camera, especially since I got it for $80, but the shutter speed is rather slow. I run a lot, and my friends run a lot, and I like taking pictures of me and my friends running a lot, and my poor Fuji is, well, slow. So, I'd like to get a decent camera that will take sharp action shots. Resolution doesn't have to be that high... 3MP is enough for me. It would be cool if it could take somewhat decent video with sound too. I honestly don't need anything else. I'm not a photography buff; F-stops and ISOs and all that mean nothing to me.

So, I did some research, and being ignorant, all I know is that generally Canons are perceived as being good. So I found two models that struck my fancy, the A540 and the A620. Reading through the reviews, I'm not too sure what the main differences are other than resolution, but it appears I might be able to find both online for around $200.

So, knowledgeable denizens of ATOT, I ask of thee, are my picks good? Are there any others I should be looking at? If I could find a camera that will use my xD card, that would be pretty slick, but not a necessity. Thanks all.

(BTW, I did search and read old threads before posting this one... it seems no one else cares about action shots and they all want good macro modes and stuff like that)
 
The only cameras that use xD are Fuji and Olympus.

The real question is what you mean by "slow". Outdoors, in daylight, you'll easily be into the 1/500th to 1/1000th of a second shutter speed range even with a point and shoot. That's plenty fast enough to "freeze" motion.

What you are seeing as "slow" is, in reality focus and shutter lag (the time between pressing the button and when the picture is actually taken). In that case, you're kind of screwed. No point and shoot is going to focus terribly fast, and they all have some amount of shutter lag. In the $200 range there's not going to be much that will really be "fast".

ZV
 
Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

What you are seeing as "slow" is, in reality focus and shutter lag (the time between pressing the button and when the picture is actually taken). In that case, you're kind of screwed. No point and shoot is going to focus terribly fast, and they all have some amount of shutter lag. In the $200 range there's not going to be much that will really be "fast".

ZV
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Yeah, the lag between pressing the button and taking the picture. It can be atrocious on my Fuji at times. (other times it can be quite acceptable) So all entry-level to mid-range cameras will experience that? Bleh!
 
Originally posted by: SWScorch
Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

What you are seeing as "slow" is, in reality focus and shutter lag (the time between pressing the button and when the picture is actually taken). In that case, you're kind of screwed. No point and shoot is going to focus terribly fast, and they all have some amount of shutter lag. In the $200 range there's not going to be much that will really be "fast".

ZV
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Yeah, the lag between pressing the button and taking the picture. It can be atrocious on my Fuji at times. (other times it can be quite acceptable) So all entry-level to mid-range cameras will experience that? Bleh!
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Check out DPReview.com for specs. A lot of times they include shutter lag information.

The issue with inexpensive point and shoot cameras is that they can't employ sophisticated focusing systems. A good AF system is expensive and the phase detection setups used by SLRs are too spendy to incorporate into most point and shoots right now. (Some of the very high-end point and shoots like the discontinued Olympus C-8080 did have phase difference detection AF systems, but these cameras were in the $600+ range.)

ZV
 
So I am forever damned to an eternity of having all my race pictures being of my trailing leg or the guy two seconds behind me unless I decide it's worth $1000 to actually appear in my photos? Hmm... I may just start competing only in races which hire professional photographers then 🙂
 
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