From: David Dyer-Bennet (dd-b_at_email.domain.hidden)
Date: Tue May 11 2004 - 14:34:40 EDT

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developwebsites_at_aol.com (Developwebsites) writes:

> is digital a)better b)same as c)worse than film if
> taking action or fast moving shots as in car racing,
> sports, or dolphins jumping thru hoops.
> Are Digital P&S cameras worse at it than DSLRs?
> What does a digital camera need to take good sequence shots?
>
> Seems to me digital cameras take too long to save images,
> possibly causing you to miss a shot if you press the button
> again right away.

Depends on the camera. The ones designed for the photojournalist
market have big enough buffers to shoot lots of pictures very fast.
Look at the specs for the Nikon D1h, for example -- I believe that's
40 pictures at 5 frames per second.

For fast action, you need the pro-level cameras for their auto-focus
ability (both film and digital) and speed (more for digital than film,
but there's a difference in film cameras too.

The consumer non-interchangeable-lens digicams will nearly all be
completely hopeless for fast action (at least by professional
standards).

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