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What does iso mean on my Camera and how does it change my image.

ISO is a measurement of the sensitivity to light of a light sensitive surface, whether film or digital sensor. A low ISO (25, 50, 100) is very insensitive and requires a lot of light. We use a low ISO when we want the best possible image, usually with our camera mounted on a tripod. A high ISO (400, 800, 1600) is more sensitive and requires less light. We use a high ISO when photographing sports/action and need a higher shutter speed or when doing low-light, non-flash photography. A high ISO will cause more apparent grain with film and more digital noise with most digital cameras.

ISO is one leg of the "Exposure Triangle". Shutter speed and aperture are the other two. Reading these books will help you to fully understand this. "Understanding Exposure" and "Understanding Shutter Speed", both by Bryan Peterson.

The first point and shoot digital I bought back in 2005 was nothing special, but it could shoot some high quality images for casual use. As long as you didn’t need to do artsy-fartsy photography you were golden. I bought one a few years earlier and it was garbage.

I too still have my $1,000 Nikon Coolpix 990 and it still does an excellent job

http://s862.photobucket.com/albums/ab182/fotomanaz/Answers%20album/?action=view&current=iDSCN6990LL.jpg

P&S cameras actually should be doing a pretty decent job. What P&S did you buy. How well grounded are you in the fundamentals of photography?

While my D100 is still a viable camera, it was not until the introduction of the D3 just before the China Olympics did anyone take digital cameras seriously. Only in the past few years, has Arizona Highways began to accept digital images for publication.

Sample

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The amazingly high performance of the D3 in the low light conditions found in many of the sports venues at the Olympics, caught the attention of many who and not looked very closely at Nikon as possible choice as a professional tool. Seeing images shot at ISO’s of 3200 and 6400 that had less noise than a Canon at 800 ISO, caught the attention of sports photographers who buy their own equipment.

Here is a sample of an image shot with the D3 in a rather dark building.

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This was shot with the ISO set to an amazing 12,800 ISO. As you can see, there is no noise in the shadow area

My guess is that you have your ISO set to AUTO and the poor photos have more to do with the shooting conditions rather than the actual camera

Of course knowing that you have a P&S made by a well know camera brand and NOT an economy GE, Vivitar or Polaroid would help as well.

Basically if a camera is NOT listed on this link, it is basically just a generic camera with someones name stamped on it.

http://www.dpreview.com

I know youre going to say its not the camera its the photographer, but i need to make sure this shoots good for fast moving objects.

Im a beginner and i like action photography, like soccer, baseball and skateboarding. Is this a good camera to start off with?

Is this a good lens to begin with for sports?

I have a cousin that plays soccer, one that plays baseball and a good friend that plays football and i would like to start shooting for their games. Is that a good enough setup?(If you recommend a different lens at that price range or maybe just a little more expensive, let me know).

And these are the ones that i really want once i get a higher paying job.

Don’t know about football but I’ve shot plenty of soccer. The 55-200 will do but see if somehow you can’t find the money for the 55-300 or better yet, the 70-300

how good is it for Nikon L110

, it has 12.1 megapixels
15x optical zoom
3 inch lcd screen
i just want to know how good is the zoom on it and the quality, i want to be able to use it for good sporting images so i can zoom in close and get good action shots

I don’t have a Nikon L110, but 15x optical zoom seems pretty good.
Check out these for the reviews however :
http://reviews.cnet.com/digital-cameras/nikon-coolpix-l110-red/4505-6501_7-33981557.html
http://www.photographyblog.com/reviews/nikon_coolpix_l110_review/

A hobby of mine is to take pictures of soccer and hockey games. I would like a really good quality camera that could get right up close in the action with no blurriness or anything like that. I usually see people taking pictures with those big black cameras. What are those for? What is the pricing? Where would I go to purchase it? Can it be used on vacation or are they specifically just for sports?

The "big black cameras" you’re referring to are called Digital SLR Cameras.

A Digital SLR would be your best option for sports action photos for these reasons:

1. Super fast focus when compared to Intermediate and Compact Cameras.

2. High ISO Capabilities which allow you to take high action photos in low light conditions, while still producing a clean, noise free images. Intermediate and compact cameras struggle the most with fast action photography in low light conditions.

3. Digital SLR’s also have Shallow Depth of Field compared to intermediate and compact cameras, which allow you to have an image where the Soccer player is in full focus, but the background is blurry. Here’s an example: http://www.blavish.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/top-ten-highest-paid-soccer-players-football.jpg

You can find entry level Digital SLR’s online at Amazon for under $500: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001CBKJGG/?tag=amazon-digital-cameras-20

And yes, Digital SLR’s are perfect for any occasion, wether you are traveling or taking photos at a birthday party.

Hope that Helps 🙂

Best Regards,
Dusty

The Nikon D40x ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16830113063)and Cannon Digital Rebel XTi (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16830120070. I am also open to the Rebel XT. Anyways, do you think these are good camera’s? I have read a little about having image stablization in a lens for telephoto shots. Will my shots be blurry on a long zoom if I don’t have this? I am looking at this lens for the Cannon (http://www.ritzcamera.com/product/251664561.htm) and this lens (http://www.ritzcamera.com/product/251666095.htm) for the Nikon. I haven’t checked compatability yet but I am looking for a lens with a long zoom like that. I am looking at those lenses with a 2x converter. I am open to any tips and suggestions. I am looking for a sports action camera that will also work with scenery. Thanks again..

In the hands of a good photographer the answer is yes

in the hands of a poor photographer the answer is no

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I shoot Water Polo, so I need a camera with a high shutter speed and rapid/continuous shot (at least 3-4 per second). In Canada, Polo is an indoor sport, so it has to produce a quality picture under artificial light. Lastly, if it could be waterproof (or at minimum, strongly water resistant), that would be ideal.

I’m a coach, shooting this for things like player cards, pictures to sell and marketing. I’m no pro, and don’t know much / anything about focal lengths, and definitely don’t want to get into changing lenses. I’ll be right at pool side, so there is some splash risk. If I could be in the water, that would be even better, but I have a camcorder for that – although it takes pathetic stills.

A buddy got an advance-release-model Sony down in Vegas 4-5 years ago that does a solid job, and it cost him $350 at the time. It does a decent job (especially with the continuous shot), but isn’t wonderful under artificial light, and has a tendency to blur.

I’m not looking to make sports photography a career. My day-job is in Graphic Design, so once I have the picture, I can definitely take care of the rest of it. I’m bankrolling the entire club at my expense, so while I understand the passion and desire to accept nothing but the best from Photography Professionals – in this case, all I really need is "good enough to get the job done WELL". We have a 10-year-old Olympus that is good on portraits, but horrible on action (especially indoors), as well as a new GE X5 that has been utterly disappointing.

MUST Have:
Continuous Shot
Water Resistant
Good Indoors
Optical Zoom (the higher, the better, of course)
Fast Shutter Speed / no fuzzy-edges
No changeable lenses

These are the links to waterproof cameras that I have.

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/Q209waterproofgroup/
http://www.digitalcamera-hq.com/digital-cameras/new-waterproof-cameras_roundup.html
http://www.waterproof-camera.org/

The Canon D10 is my choice.

The Fuji Guys are out in the field again to show you how to get the best action photography shots when you are outside trying to capture fast-moving subjects with your camera.

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I want to get a new mega zoom camera
such as the Pentax X70 or Lumix FZ28k

Both cameras have 20x mega zoom lenses and claim to have fast shutter release times and advanced action and sports features. However, I read one review that said the pentax is too slow for shooting sports.

But the Lumix costs ($400) about $100 more than the pentax.

Any suggestions on which camera would be a good choice? Please recommend other brands if you have a mega zoom camera that you use for action and sports photography.

Thanks!!
More info!!

Please read the above. I do not want a camera body and a 20lb bag full of lenses. I’m looking for the best nonremovable lens mega zoom camera.

Also, I am not a brand whore. I don’t believe that Nikon is automatically the best brand for digital cameras.

Panasonic FZ28k is a better choice,it take excellent image quality normally price of FZ28 is lower than Pentax X70 but it will be discontinued and there will be new model Panasonic FZ35 out soon

I found not to good reviews about Pentax X70

another good model that I would suggest is Canon Powershot SX10IS 10MP with 20x Wide Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom.It take good picture whether the action is fast or slow, close up or far away
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001G5ZTZO?ie=UTF8&tag=computer0bd-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001G5ZTZO

With today’s enormous variety of fully-automated digital cameras it can often be difficult to capture low-light indoor and action photos that are pleasing and successful. For example, pictures from a recent indoor family gathering might be full of red-eyed friends and relations and clusters of people brilliantly over lit by the flash. So, how does a photographer avoid this?

It requires the consideration of a few factors and settings on the camera to overcome some of the typical challenges of low-light photography. The first things to consider are the automatic features on a digital camera. Today’s cameras want to help people take pictures with as little photographic skill or knowledge as possible, but the settings at work in the automatic cameras are not always suitable to each situation. For instance, if someone sets their digital camera to one of its automatic functions, such as motion or sports imagery, the camera may work to adjust the aperture to get enough light into the camera’s sensor, but it will also slow down the shutter speed, rendering the image blurry.

Luckily, many cameras allow their users to go to a fully manual mode, meaning the photographer can set the shutter speed, f-stop and ISO. What do these settings mean? For any discussion of low-light photography the shutter speed is basically the way of allowing the camera to capture the action clearly, meaning that it will have to be as fast as possible to catch the image, but also slow enough to allow in adequate lighting. This is helped by adjusting the f-stop, which is the setting on the lens that allows enough light to reach the sensor. Additionally the ISO, what used to be called “film speed” for traditional photography, can allow for faster shutter speeds, but introduces something called “noise” into an image.

Noise is basically defined as the ability to distinguish the dots or pixels that make up the photograph, which is an undesirable effect in photographs. Adjusting the ISO is usually not recommended, but no discussion of photography would be complete without the recommendation for experimentation with settings on a camera in order to determine the results. Unfortunately, most modern digital cameras also create “noise” in their images with slower shutter speeds as well.

So, how do you take a good low-light photograph? There are many things a photographer can do to capture images in low lighting and the first is to make adjustments to shutter speed to see if this helps. The next recommendation is to work with a tripod if possible to allow for reduced camera shake; try adjusting the aperture to allow as much light inside the camera, and finally experiment.

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