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Canon S500 Camera Speed?
Ryan wrote:
Hi, I just traded in my Sony T1 (small camera, HORRID photos) for a Canon S500 Digital Elph. While the photo quality of the Canon is MUCH better than the T1 and I had several Canon Digital Cameras before that take wonderful photos, I am having my old "Canon Problem". When you press the shutter to take a shot, it hums and focuses and makes neat little noises and THEN eventually takes the shot when it feels it's time. Sadly, this doesn't work for shots you need to take NOW or action shots. Now, once it has focused and adjusted itself for the first shot you can stand there and fire off several more quite quickly but the adjusting takes what feels like forever. I love the quality of the Canon S500 photos of stills, things that don't require quick photo taking, etc. But, I have missed a couple of great shots because the object of the photo was moving and the S500 didn't move fast enough to take the shot when I wanted. Is this a setting on the camera I can adjust? I have had similar issues with the other Canon's I have owned, but just lived with it because I otherwise loved the cameras and the photos they took. Sure, my T1 would focus and shoot much faster.. but the photo it took was grainy... not much of a help. Any ideas? This camera comes with a speeded-up picture taking mode. Consult your manual to see how to enable it. With this set in my S500, I find it to be the fastest digital camera I have ever used, though the DSLR are supposed to be virually instantaneous. From shutter button push to picture is under a second with my camera. If I push the button half way so that it is alsready focused, exposure is immediate. Joe |
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Canon S500 Camera Speed?
Ryan wrote:
Hi, I just traded in my Sony T1 (small camera, HORRID photos) for a Canon S500 Digital Elph. While the photo quality of the Canon is MUCH better than the T1 and I had several Canon Digital Cameras before that take wonderful photos, I am having my old "Canon Problem". When you press the shutter to take a shot, it hums and focuses and makes neat little noises and THEN eventually takes the shot when it feels it's time. Sadly, this doesn't work for shots you need to take NOW or action shots. Now, once it has focused and adjusted itself for the first shot you can stand there and fire off several more quite quickly but the adjusting takes what feels like forever. I love the quality of the Canon S500 photos of stills, things that don't require quick photo taking, etc. But, I have missed a couple of great shots because the object of the photo was moving and the S500 didn't move fast enough to take the shot when I wanted. Is this a setting on the camera I can adjust? I have had similar issues with the other Canon's I have owned, but just lived with it because I otherwise loved the cameras and the photos they took. Sure, my T1 would focus and shoot much faster.. but the photo it took was grainy... not much of a help. Any ideas? This camera comes with a speeded-up picture taking mode. Consult your manual to see how to enable it. With this set in my S500, I find it to be the fastest digital camera I have ever used, though the DSLR are supposed to be virually instantaneous. From shutter button push to picture is under a second with my camera. If I push the button half way so that it is alsready focused, exposure is immediate. Joe |
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