Comments on: Camera Courses http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/camera-courses-and-photo-coupons.html Science Blog from Freelance Science Writer David Bradley Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:14:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: David Bradley http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/camera-courses-and-photo-coupons.html/comment-page-1#comment-132144 David Bradley Mon, 06 Aug 2007 09:20:18 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/camera-courses-and-photo-coupons.html#comment-132144 Compacts are improving all the time, but you try snapping your kid in a sack race or diving in the pool or a speeding car or someone firing a bow and arrow and I bet you find you get the just after rather than the shot you were hoping for at the time you pressed the shutter. Even the shortest lag can make the difference between getting it and a blurred nothing. dSLRs on the other hand have shutter lag almost on a par with conventional SLRs. That said, the likes of the Ixus 50 are just so small and portable. It's always horses for courses. Compacts are improving all the time, but you try snapping your kid in a sack race or diving in the pool or a speeding car or someone firing a bow and arrow and I bet you find you get the just after rather than the shot you were hoping for at the time you pressed the shutter. Even the shortest lag can make the difference between getting it and a blurred nothing. dSLRs on the other hand have shutter lag almost on a par with conventional SLRs. That said, the likes of the Ixus 50 are just so small and portable. It’s always horses for courses.

]]> By: Hsien Lei http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/camera-courses-and-photo-coupons.html/comment-page-1#comment-132127 Hsien Lei Mon, 06 Aug 2007 08:14:36 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/camera-courses-and-photo-coupons.html#comment-132127 My Canon IXUS 50 is acceptably fast esp. compared to my previous Olympus. It all depends on how much battery juice is left as well as the card I've got in it and how full it is. I'm guessing the newer models are even faster but since I've never even touched a DSLR before, I have no idea of the difference! I'll probably succumb next year. I don't know why I keep thinking next year's the year I'll get a DSLR but that's what's stuck in my head. :P My Canon IXUS 50 is acceptably fast esp. compared to my previous Olympus. It all depends on how much battery juice is left as well as the card I’ve got in it and how full it is. I’m guessing the newer models are even faster but since I’ve never even touched a DSLR before, I have no idea of the difference! I’ll probably succumb next year. I don’t know why I keep thinking next year’s the year I’ll get a DSLR but that’s what’s stuck in my head. :P

]]> By: David Bradley http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/camera-courses-and-photo-coupons.html/comment-page-1#comment-132125 David Bradley Mon, 06 Aug 2007 08:04:39 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/camera-courses-and-photo-coupons.html#comment-132125 Having said that, once you make the leap to dSLR, you'll wonder how you put up with all that shutter lag with the compact. Having said that, once you make the leap to dSLR, you’ll wonder how you put up with all that shutter lag with the compact.

]]> By: Hsien Lei http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/camera-courses-and-photo-coupons.html/comment-page-1#comment-131858 Hsien Lei Sun, 05 Aug 2007 10:10:09 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/camera-courses-and-photo-coupons.html#comment-131858 "...having an eye for a shot is far more important than having the right kit." That's really nice to know since I've been off and on drooling over a Canon EOS DSLR. The one thing holding me back is the lack of video function on the DSLR's and, of course, the size! “…having an eye for a shot is far more important than having the right kit.”

That’s really nice to know since I’ve been off and on drooling over a Canon EOS DSLR. The one thing holding me back is the lack of video function on the DSLR’s and, of course, the size!

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