If you know how to prefocus and know the flow of the events, you can do fine with a P&S. Megazooms or superzooms are usually P&S with bigger lenses.
It's all about knowing how to use your gear. On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 3:04 PM, Jens <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Larry. > All true. > But non photographers often use compact cameras with a lot of shutter lag. > The picture aren't taken before the subject is long gone. She obviously wants > instant action. To me that means SLR/DSLR. But some megazooms might do the > trick too? I geuss a K-r would be a nice choise too. > > Regards > Jens > > -- > Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself. > > On Apr 7, 2011 18:43 "Larry Colen" <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Apr 7, 2011, at 4:13 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". >> >> Shutter lag tends to be a function of autofocus speed. Shutter lag >> can be pretty much eliminated if she can prefocus, hit the AF button >> and then click the shutter. Or, use the AF-C mode. >> >> If autofocus is an issue, and she get's Pentax she'd definitely want >> either a K-r or K-5. >> >> What is her budget? How often does she need to do these photos? Could >> you go and try a few and see which of your gear works, and get a >> better idea of what she needs? >> >> A lot of it is just going to boil down to skill, and practice. >> Throwing money at the issue can make up for some, but not all, lack of >> skill. Chances are that even most of the people on this list, which on >> average has pretty high photographic skills, wouldn't get great shots >> their first time taking photos of dogs in action. She may also want to >> get something along the lines of a monopod or a Bushhawk. >> > >> >> -- >> Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
