Beginner New compact digital camera suggestions please

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I’m looking for a compact camera that has a good flash for taking pics in zero light and has at least 30 times zoom and fast shutter speeds for taking pics of motor sport. Raw images would be an advantage. What would u recommend?
 
Spicy Enigma said:
I’m looking for a compact camera that has a good flash for taking pics in zero light and has at least 30 times zoom and fast shutter speeds for taking pics of motor sport. Raw images would be an advantage. What would u recommend?
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Are you intending to use the flash for motor sport too? On-camera flash is unlikely to work well; I know of someone who uses off-camera flash to shoot motocross very effectively but at extremely close range. If not, what are you going to be shooting in the dark?

I'd expect almost any modern camera to manage shutter speeds of up to 1/1000s which should be fast enough.

30 times zoom is massive, if I've got my sums right that's equivalent to about 750mm on a full frame camera. That's going to be incredibly difficult to frame your shot and keep steady unless you've got a great stabilisation system (e.g. tripod or in-camera).

Other things you should bear in mind: shutter lag may be an issue and it'd be worth making sure you've got a good tracking autofocus system. If you're going to be shooting in bright sunshine make sure you get a camera with a viewfinder - or buy a loupe (hood).

Sorry, that doesn't actually give you any recommendations. There are superzooms which will do the job but I'd be surprised if any of them were really good at it; it depends a bit on the end-use of the images. Are they for personal use? Print? Selling digital copies to people?
 
juggler said:
30 times zoom is massive, if I've got my sums right that's equivalent to about 750mm on a full frame camera. That's going to be incredibly difficult to frame your shot and keep steady unless you've got a great stabilisation system (e.g. tripod or in-camera).
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I have a compact 20x zoom, and even that is a little difficult getting a good stable image.
 
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