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Seeking Digital Camera for Tae Kwon Do

Nov 4, 2004 12:45PM PST

hello, i would like to know which camera is good for taking photos of Tae Kwon Do,but higher than 7MP 'cause I'm interested in making LARGE prints, i'm confused 'cause i want a camera that'll be able to take photos of kicks in the air. Thank You.

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Re: Seeking Digital Camera for Tae Kwon Do
Nov 4, 2004 9:37PM PST

While its not 7 or 8 MP I have this shot of a helicopter and the helicoptor blade is in fine view. I took it with a Kodak DX6490 and you may want to get a demo of the DX7490 when it shows up.

If you alter your profile to allow one email from the forum, I can email you that photo so you can see that in proper lighting, you can get the shot.

The BURST MODE will be helpful since you can fire off a few frames per second to capture the shot.

Bob

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Re: Seeking Digital Camera for Tae Kwon Do
Nov 5, 2004 4:10AM PST

Your requirements for a digital camera will take you into the upper price brackets.

Here are four cameras choices, listed in order of preference:

Canon EOS 20D
Sony 828
Konica-Minolta A2
Olympus C8080

The Canon EOS 20D with a suitable lens will run you close to $2,000

The other three are in the 8 to 9 hundred dollar range.

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If that price is beyond your target price, I suggest you look into buying a SLR film camera.

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What kind of pictures do you want?
Nov 9, 2004 1:33PM PST

Any camera can take pictures of "kicks in the air". The question is, what do YOU want the pictures of kicks in the air to look like?

For LARGE prints you need many, many megapixels. Any digital camera at that high end is semi-pro and will have a zillion settings. You'll have to learn the settings to generate the style of pictures you want.

You should thus buy a camera that is comfortable for your hands and not too awkward for where and how much you will be shooting. After that, you can get to know the basic photographic features, which will be very similar across the board. Stop the kick? Decrease shutter speed. Want a blurry "swoop" of tae kwon do action? Increase shutter speed. Want every bead of sweat in focus? Tighten aperture. And so on.

It does mean sitting down with a big ol' manual to learn this stuff, but the great thing about digital is that you won't spend $$ for film whilst playing with the combinations. You might want to check out a basic book of sports photography that explains these effects, so you can reproduce them yourself with the camera you buy. Enjoy!