Point & Shoot: For Low light/Action Photography

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<Searcher7@mail.con2.com> wrote in message
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> Can I get recommendations for point and shoot 3mp digital cameras with
> fast lenses and near zero shutter lag?
>
> Thanks a lot.
>
> Darren Harris
> Staten Island, New York.
>

Not asking for much are you.

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Rudy Benner wrote:
> <Searcher7@mail.con2.com> wrote in message
> news:1126923563.636319.243490@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> > Can I get recommendations for point and shoot 3mp digital cameras with
> > fast lenses and near zero shutter lag?
> >
> > Thanks a lot.
> >
> > Darren Harris
> > Staten Island, New York.
> >
>
> Not asking for much are you.

Nope. :-)

Since this will bemy first *digital* camera, I figure that I'd start
simple.

Darren Harris
Saten Island, New York.

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David J. Littleboy wrote:
> <Searcher7@mail.con2.com> wrote:
> > Rudy Benner wrote:
> >> <Searcher7@mail.con2.com> wrote in message
> >> news:1126923563.636319.243490@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> >> > Can I get recommendations for point and shoot 3mp digital cameras with
> >> > fast lenses and near zero shutter lag?
> >>
> >> Not asking for much are you.
> >
> > Nope. :-)
> >
> > Since this will bemy first *digital* camera, I figure that I'd start
> > simple.
>
> The problem is that there are no P&S cameras that are at all useful for low
> light or action photography. The sensors are all incredibly noisy at
> anything over the lowest ISO, the lenses are slow, and the AF glacial. The
> Fuji F10 (I think it is) has the most usable ISO 400 of the current P&S
> cameras, but the lens is really slow at the long end.
>
> Three or four years ago, I'd have recommended the Sony F717: fast lens,
> great ergonomics (it really is a pleasure to use), and gross but not
> incredibly gross noise at ISO 400. But the P&S cameras have been getting
> worse in the areas you are interested in since then.
>
> So the right answer for low light/action photography is the Canon 350D with
> a couple of fast primes: the 50/1.4, 85/1.8, and maybe Sigma 30/1.4. (I have
> the 300D + 50/1.4 and it's wonderful for low light work.)
>
> But it's probably more money than you'd like to spend. (It's incredibly
> compact and light for a dSLR, and with the 50/1.4 would drop into a brief
> case or shoulder bag.)
>
> David J. Littleboy
> Tokyo, Japan

Ok. I guess I'll have to just stiuck witht he 35mm stuff I have for
this, and try to find a 4mp+ digital camera for some macro photography.

Thanks.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.