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12/12/2005 12:05:48 PM · #1 |
I just bought a coolpix 8700. The problem I am having is when I try to take a picture , say someone walking across the room, is by the time the camera takes the picture, the subject has moved. Is there a way to make the camera take a picture immediately when I click the button? right now it waits for about 2-3 secs.
Thanks for any help
Brian |
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12/12/2005 12:19:07 PM · #2 |
I looked up your camera here: on DPReview.com It says that it can handle 2.5 frames per second. (Flash off, I assume.) Can you set it to "burst" mode and let it record several frames in order to capture the person?
Lag time is a problem for many cameras. I used the Nikon Coolpix 775 at work and it's miserable about that. I wouldn't expect the same results, however, on a higher-end camera such as yours.
I wonder, too, if you have image preview on the rear LCD? Turning it off might help the camera work faster on taking the picture.
Anyone here actually know this camera? |
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12/12/2005 12:32:07 PM · #3 |
I used to have a Powershot Pro 1. Overall it was a very nice camera, but the shutterlag drove me nuts and had a big part in the decision to go to a DSLR.
Brian, there are a few things you can try.
A) like KaDi says, try a burst mode
B) anticipate where the action will be and be ready
C) change to manual focus and prefocus on the right spot if you know where that will be - that saves a LOT of time.
Good luck |
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12/12/2005 12:33:12 PM · #4 |
| there are 2 ways to help with that you can use the burst mode which will help or there should be a setting where it takes 16 pic's in rapid succession. The catch with that is it saves them as 1 pic and you have to crop in on it which will reduce your resilution ( have have heard it can go down to 1 MP) but sometimes something is better than nothing |
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12/12/2005 12:36:34 PM · #5 |
| Thanks for these suggestions. I will certainly try these. Right now all the settings are still set to the "out of the box settings" I guess I should turn off all of the auto settings. When I press the button to take the picture, it does some best picture analysis. I am hoping that when I turn these off, the picture will take faster. |
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12/12/2005 12:40:09 PM · #6 |
While the 8700 takes great photos, it does suffer seriously on lag times. Some things that help are setting the monitor setting to less lag time. This decreases the image clarity in the viewfinder but eliminates most of the lag time in the monitor/viewfinder.
AE/AF lock : make sure you have a good focus lock before pressing the shutter all the way down, especially in low light. In low light the AF of the 8700 can be finicky. However, once you have an AF lock lag times are lower.
Learn to track moving objects. Track the moving object with the cameras viewfinder until shutter button press, then keep following through with projected path until the review shows on the screen.
Hope some of these sugggestions help. The 8700 is a fine camera and once you get to know its little quirks, you'll be fine with it. |
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12/12/2005 12:41:49 PM · #7 |
Hi Brian,
As is with any digital camera, if you simply aim and click the shutter in a hurry, there will be lag between pressing the shutter and exposure. even the best dSLR's do, and when pesented with that, can often not capture an image properly. Pressing the shutter release half-way, letting it meter and focus, then pressing the rest of the way cuts the time way down.
This excerpt was found on Steve's Digicam site in the specs section:
Shutter lag on the 8700 measures 2/10 second when pre-focused and 5/10 second including autofocus time. Responsiveness can be improved by about 1/10 second by turning on Quick response, found in the Monitor Options in the Setup menu; this setting helps overcome the delay in presenting the live image on either of the 8700's LCD or EVF viewfinders.
hope this helps. |
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12/12/2005 12:45:28 PM · #8 |
BTW, Brian I shoot race cars at 100-120 miles per hour with the 8700, so I know it will do action shots quite well.
Message edited by author 2005-12-12 13:01:59.
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12/12/2005 01:26:15 PM · #9 |
Prefocus on the spot where your subject will be and snap at the right moment:
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