Chris Wilson Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 Do the more expensive SLR type digital still cameras refresh a lot faster these days? My Sony thing (not an SLR by any means) is a PITA for nature shots, by the time it's ready to take the next photo the subject has moved, gone or something has intervened. Do any work as fast as a motor drive on a normal film SLR? Ta! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garetheves Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 Yep a resonable quality DSLR has a very very fast "refresh rate". Mine is about half a second or so. Cannon 350D. Can pick them up for £350 i think now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamc Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 my old cybershot was like that, the new one is brilliant! £70... 7million pixels, not dslr, but still takes good pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartworm Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 I love the function to take 4 or 5 photos one after the other on my canon (400d) Can take a good 5 photos in a second, pretty useful. I found it went even faster using a descent memory card too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 I love the function to take 4 or 5 photos one after the other on my canon (400d) Can take a good 5 photos in a second, pretty useful. I found it went even faster using a descent memory card too. It's rated as 3 frames per second with large image size, but it should be slightly faster with speedier memory. I think 5 is pushing it a bit though. An SLR is definately the way to go though, no lag between pressing the shutter and it taking the photo, unlike most compacts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesC Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Yep i have the 350d which as mentioned does 3 frames/sec, unless your using the flash which needs time to charge again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted June 10, 2008 Author Share Posted June 10, 2008 Thanks, may have to look for a good used SLR hen! Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Thanks, may have to look for a good used SLR hen! Cheers. Stick with Canon or Nikon IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay_vr6 Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 as I think someone else has said, make sure whatever one you buy has a bloody quick card in it, 150x speed cards are common and good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 as I think someone else has said, make sure whatever one you buy has a bloody quick card in it, 150x speed cards are common and good It's not essential, SLR's are quick enough anyway, unless doing back to back testing with rapid fire I doubt you'd notice. But when a Sandisk "Extreme III" 4GB compact flash card is only around £14 then it's worth getting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 The new canon 450d can manage 3.5 frames a second continuous and there is no noticale shutter lag. Shots are instant. Have a look at some of the photos I took at biggin hill this weekend. Capturing jets on a low flyby just wouldnt be possible with a compact or bridge camera. http://picasaweb.google.com/GrandDaddyRob/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 The new canon 450d can manage 3.5 frames a second continuous and there is no noticale shutter lag. Shots are instant. Have a look at some of the photos I took at biggin hill this weekend. Capturing jets on a low flyby just wouldnt be possible with a compact or bridge camera. http://picasaweb.google.com/GrandDaddyRob/ Some nice pics there Grand Daddy Some quite noticeable vignetting though, what lens did you use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Sigma 150-500 HSM OS DG, Odd that you say theres vignetting as its a full frame lens on an APS-C sized sensor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Sigma 150-500 HSM OS DG, Odd that you say theres vignetting as its a full frame lens on an APS-C sized sensor. Yeah not usually an issue with full frame lenses, but this one for example http://picasaweb.google.com/GrandDaddyRob/BigginHillAirFare2008/photo#5209547206343647442 it's quite noticeable. Were they taken right at the full 500mm end? You could always try zoomed out a little from max and can always crop the photos a little. I suspect it's just more noticeable because of the plain bright blue background. Not that it detracts from your photo's at all and a lot of people add vignetting effects in post-processing as it helps to frame the subject anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 The focal length varies. If you click on more information to the right of the photo you can see the iso, shutter speed, f stop and focal length etc None of those pics have had any post processing, just resized and dropped the quality for the web. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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