what's a good digital camera for fast picturing taking?

Answer 1

Check Popular Photography or PC Magazine reviews.

Popular Photography (on a full review) will give you power-up times, autofocus times, photo storage speed, flash recycle and "Burst Mode'" speed.

All of those add up to speed up of slow down how fast you can take photographs.

PC magazine checks at least the power-up and the shot-to-shot times. Perhaps more.

Answer 2

If you're thinking of compact digital cameras, then Canon's better models are quite fast.
You should also make sure you use a fast SD memory card (Sandisk Extreme III is very fast) because using a standard card will slow things down.
Obviously, a digital SLR is unmatched for 'fast picture taking'...but it's not what I would call a small camera or one for a complete novice in photography.

Answer 3

Point and shoot digital cameras are not great for "fast picture taking" for a few reasons:

1. they take too long to power up

2. they suffer from shutter lag - a long delay between when you press the button and when the camera snaps the picture

3. many don't have a multi shot mode

To overcome these issues, you should be looking at Digital Single Lens Reflex (DSLR) cameras. DLSR cameras:

- power up quickly
- don't have shutter lag
- usually have a multi shot/rapid fire mode

While there are a number of manufacturers, Canon is the market leader in DSLR sales by a country mile, followed by Sony and Nikon.

Answer 4

SLR look for more than 3 frames per second !! for instance my Canon Rebel XTi is able to do 3 fps and 25 frames using internal buffer.

Answer 5

Definitely go with the Canon SD700, it's fast, cheap, and takes great pictures. The electronic stability makes sure you don't get blur from you hand jitter.

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Answer 6

any slr(those big cameras)... besides that your kinda out of luck