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hi im new to photography i have a fuji s200exr and tried to take some pics of rolley hockey. shutter speed seemed a bit slow. missed shots and got blurred images. any suggestions
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You've sort of challenging the camera outside it's comfort zone.

Is this indoors or outside.

P&S and Bridge camera's tend to have great problems with images taken of moving subjects, especially if indoors.

The time it takes to focus the subject then take the image ain't lightning quick, and you subject has moved, hence blurred images. Unfortunately action photography is more in the realms of a DSLR with a fast lens than a bridge camera or P&S.

You could increase the ISO setting on your camera, this will allow more flexibility with the shutter speed, but it also introduces noise. Can you manually set the shutter speed, have a play with those.
 
any suggestions on which dslr would be the best for this job. its indoors
 
whats your budget.

the fuji s200exr is not bad camera

http://www.trustedreviews.com/digital-cameras/review/2009/11/26/Fujifilm-FinePix-S200EXR/p1

i would put it on auto iso up to iso 1600 and set to apature (a) mode and use the lowest f number, at widest angle on the fuji s200exr it is f2.8 and at max optical zoom 14.3x f5.3. this will let lots of light in and up the shutter speeds.
the higher the shutter speed the better aim for about 1/500th sec.
and also keep in continius focus mode.
 
davecdj said:
any suggestions on which dslr would be the best for this job. its indoors
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Indoor photography requires a DSLR with a good ISO capability and you also need fast lenses, i.e. f2.8, f2, f1,8 or faster
 
pete.rush said:
Indoor photography requires a DSLR with a good ISO capability and you also need fast lenses, i.e. f2.8, f2, f1,8 or faster
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Agree with Pete. Low light action is the most challenging situation of all. To make a proper job of it you need high end kit. Think a grand and upwards, plus a fair amount of knowledge and skill.
 
davecdj said:
any suggestions on which dslr would be the best for this job. its indoors
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Oooh, the best is a highly subjective thing (not to mention an expensive one) - Probably either a Nikon D3s or Canon EOS 1D Mark IV body with a bunch of highly expensive lenses. Call it 10k worth :lol:

But I guess you're not really looking for that kind of professional solution, are you... Maybe if you give us a budget, we could recommend something?
 
pete.rush said:
You've sort of challenging the camera outside it's comfort zone.

Is this indoors or outside.

P&S and Bridge camera's tend to have great problems with images taken of moving subjects, especially if indoors.

The time it takes to focus the subject then take the image ain't lightning quick, and you subject has moved, hence blurred images. Unfortunately action photography is more in the realms of a DSLR with a fast lens than a bridge camera or P&S.

You could increase the ISO setting on your camera, this will allow more flexibility with the shutter speed, but it also introduces noise. Can you manually set the shutter speed, have a play with those.
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This guy speaks sense. It's a fact of life. PnS cameras are dog slow to focus (I can MF quicker) and when you put the ISO anything above 200 it just becomes a noise fest.
 
HoppyUK said:
Agree with Pete. Low light action is the most challenging situation of all. To make a proper job of it you need high end kit. Think a grand and upwards, plus a fair amount of knowledge and skill.
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A canon 50mm f/1.8 and a 1000D isn't going to cost a grand ;)

I know thats not pro kit but it will do low light alright. I was gobsmacked that I could take handheld, non blurred photos of my bedroom last night (which is really poorly lit) on ISO 400, that were actually exposed brighter than the room was, with just a 450D and a 50mm f/1.8
 
trencheel303 said:
A canon 50mm f/1.8 and a 1000D isn't going to cost a grand ;)

I know thats not pro kit but it will do low light alright. I was gobsmacked that I could take handheld, non blurred photos of my bedroom last night (which is really poorly lit) on ISO 400, that were actually exposed brighter than the room was, with just a 450D and a 50mm f/1.8
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Not much use for roller hockey either - you can't get close enough. 70-200 f/2.8 needed really.
 
The S200Exr, is an excellent camera, I would recommend learning the basics with it. There is an Exr mode where you can select to use High ISO and low noise, with a higher ISO, you can then choose a higher shutter speed (as previously mentioned), just experiment a bit to find the best combination. This mode does reduce the MPs to 6, but that will still give good A4 prints. Before anyone shouts, yes you can get better results with a dSLR, but you can also get pretty good results with the S200.
 
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