About 2 years ago I had a Fuji digital camera for a little while. It was definitely interesting but I noticed that if I took a picture of somebody walking, even in the brightest light, it would blur.

This is incredibly annoying. Has technology advanced at all in the past 2 years so that I can snap a shot of somebody moving about (not race car, mind you, but perhaps a jogger or basketball player) without having the whole thing come out as a big blur? With that Fuji camera, if the subject wasn't DEAD STILL, the picture was toast. Even the tiniest bit of user movement (and I have exceptionally still hands) resulted in blurring.

Needless to say, I returned the digital camera and bought a Nikon N70. 1 1/2 years have passed and now i'm again looking at digital cameras. I'm especially interested in the Kodak DC280. Am I going to get Blurr-o-Rama with this thing as well?

-- Tony (defbringerultra@aol.com), June 08, 2000

Answers

On my Nikon 990, you can dial in the equivalent of 100, 200 and 400 ASA, which will take care of most situations. I've not used it (yet) for sports events, but I know the 400 equivalency does a very good job with night shots.

-- ted (ted.krohn@fra.dot.gov), June 08, 2000.

You want a camera that you can set the shutter speed on. This would be in manual mode, shutter priority. The faster the action the higher speed you need. If you rely on automatic mode the camera might be choosing a speed of 1/60 sec. this won't stop action. Many new cameras have this feature.

-- Ralph (REObert@aol.com), June 09, 2000.

Same goes for the Olympus C-2000 camera. It has the 100, 200 and 400 ASA film speeds as well as a max shutter speed of 1/800th. If you're trying to shoot a subject like NASCAR, give the thought up and stick to high speed shutters and fast lenses.

-- Sue Bald (destiny3@ix.netcom.com), June 09, 2000.