Can you help me select a “fast” compact digital camera?
I bought my wife a nice Nikon digital camera two years ago. It’s a great camera, but it has one flaw she doesn’t like…..it takes much too long for the picture to “capture/take/flash” once she depresses the button to “take” the picture.
By the time she selects her shot and tries to capture it, the person has already moved in many cases.
I’d like to buy her a “fast” camera but I don’t know what I should be looking for.
Can someone advise me on what I need to look for in a “quick” responding digital camera?
This morning I saw a Kodak camera that has a “Shutter Speed of 4 – 1/1400s”…..whatever that means????
Is this Kodak a “fast” camera?
Thanks to all that respond.
BTW, that Kodak was a C653 that I gave the shutter speed for.
Is the last responder trying to lead me astray?
The problem you have described is one classic difference between compact digital cameras and SLR (single lens reflex) designs. Compact digitals often have slow-updating LCD screens (that are typically used by the photographer to aim and frame) and are slow to focus and measure exposure before taking the picture. The result is that they’re great as a pocket shooter of still subjects, but not so great with things that move.
If your wife is truly interested in “moving up” to capturing moving subjects you need to be shopping for a SLR design camera. The Nikon D40, for example.
Go to your local camera store and see for yourself. Try taking some pictures with a SLR, such as the D40. You’ll immediately recognize why a SLR design is more expensive than a compact camera.
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