On 07/04/2011 5:13 AM, Jens wrote:
Hi List
Hopefully some of you will know what to buy.
A friend of mine wants to photograph dogs in action. She needs a camera, that
will react quickly
to presing the release button :-) She's not into photography as such,
but needs a camera that can
shoot moving dogs at a distance. Shoe doesn't min buying a DSLR.
I guess maybe a 50-200mm lens would do the trick.
Low noice would be perfect due to the need for fast shutter speeds.
Which body and which lens should she boy?
(I may be a Pentax, but that's not a "must".
Regards
Jens
What kind of action? If it's predictable, such as Agility or Flyball,
just prefocus on where you know something interesting will happen and
learn how much shutter lag needs to be accommodated.
For this, pretty much any SLR will be fine. A friend of mine shot
Agility with an istD up until a year or so ago. He never printed bigger
than 4x6, and the camera was fine for the purpose.
OTOH, I recall my K10 not being able to AF fast enough to keep up with
my dogs at play. I think I moaned about it on list one time and Wendy
Beard sent me a file of one of her Belgians running straight at the
camera with perfect focus.
I think she was shooting a Canon 1D at the time.
I'm not sure if the K5 is fast enough to keep up with the dogs or not,
but I suspect not. I don't think Pentax is quite there yet, but I am
prepared for the pleasant surprise that it will keep up.
I'm pretty sure that the mid range Canons such as the 7D will, and the
D7K that I played with seemed very quick as well. I think if the wants
to do dogs at play, one of those cameras might be a better choice, the
7D in particular has some very nice features in the AF department that
make it very desirable if fast AF of moving things is required.
Hope this helps
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William Robb
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