shutter speed..?

Question

How do you quicken the shutter speed on a camera.. i am missing a lot of shots due it being so slow..

Or do i have to just put up with it...

I have a sony cybershot DSC W30

I know it isn't a great camera, i am going to get a professional one when i start a college course next year.. but until then i am stuck with this one...

Answer 1

That is called shutter lag. There is nothing you can do about it, other then buy a high end digi camera.

You don't have to miss shots. You just have to anticipate shots. I have taken many shots that were duds, but I also got one, puck mid-air going in the net of a shot my son took playing hockey.

I tried to figure out where and when things would happen and took a shot. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't.

Answer 2

Sorry, that's one of the main reasons I upgraded to a digital SLR - I missed too many shots.

A Sony Cybershot DSC W30 search shows kits on eBay as being between $100-$250. So you might not get much selling it or trading it in. I'm sure it's a nice pocket camera, easy to carry. If you want to upgrade and can afford it, you might be looking at a digital SLR with near-zero shutter lag and a good shot buffer. A Canon EOS 400D / Digital Rebel XTi retails for around $750. Obviously, there are other choices out there too.

Answer 3

There is a way for you to trick your camera into using faster shutter speeds. Although your camera is almost completely automatic, it does have a pre-programmed High sensitivity mode which sets the cameras ISO to 1000. By setting your ISO to 1000, or high sensitivity as the function is called on your camera, your camera has to compensate either its shutter speed or aperture to deal with the higher light sensitivity. This means either faster shutter speed, or smaller aperture, or both. Just be sure that you are photographing on a bright day or in an area with sufficient lighting.

Answer 4

Sorry, as far as I see, the DSC W30 is an all automatic camera and you cannot set the shutter speed manually.

Answer 5

assuming that you're not taking about shutterlag(i.e.- the time difference between the pressing of the button and the operation of the shutter.)there are a number of ways that you can set your camera to influence your shutter speed.
you can set your camera to a higher film speed( asa/ iso 200-1000 instead of asa/iso 100) but this will cause your image to be more grainy.)
you can set your camera to shutter mode and set your shutter speed higher(this will reduce your depth of field,that is the area that your image will be clear will be quite narrow.)
you can set your camera to aperture mode and set it to a larger aperture(this will have the same effect as above.)
or you can experiment with a combination of film speed and shutter speed or aperture settings to get the best trade off.
oh!!! i'mm sorry your model doesn't have shutter or aperture piroirity(i just looked) so you're just stuck with playing with the film speed and AE mode and you may try underexposing your pictures (it may help just a bit.)
next time try getting a camera with a manual function as well as with aperture and shutter piroirity.
if you're taking about shutter lag then you've got to follow the action with your camera and try to anticipate the shots(of course you need to take the lag into consideration.)
sometimes you may let the image blur from the action to give a sense of motion.
God bless,
gabe

Answer 6

It will help somewhat if you shut off your LCD monitor and use the optical viewfinder. Somewhat.

If you have a "sport" mode, use that. If you can use the continuous mode and delete the shots you don't want, it may help. If you can pre-focus by getting ready and holding your finger half-way down on the shutter until JUST when you want to take the picture, that will also help.

Go here http://www.steves-digicams.com/2006_reviews/w30_pg5.html and read the 5th and 6th paragraph for more details.

Answer 7

Check out your camera's mode settings and see which have the fastest shutter setting and use that mode. I'm not familiar with your camera but some will display the aperture and shutter setting of the different modes.

Answer 8

okay.. because its compact digi cam so its quite difficult to fully control the shutter speed.

you can either use the auto setting or set it to frames shot setting
but you may face a problem in the lighting so keep it automatic

Answer 9

extremely tough thing. query onto bing and yahoo. that will could actually help!

Answer 10

Read your manual.