Recomdendation for camera

Hello to all

Need advice for digital camera. I will use it for shooting
sports competitions. So please recomended me something in gnere:
- not more than 600$
- optical zoom 8x and more
- iso from 50 or 80
- big buffer
- pixels > 5mp

thanks

On Apr 20, 7:23 pm, dofe <d...@nesto.com> wrote:
> Hello to all
>
> Need advice for digital camera. I will use it for shooting
> sports competitions. So please recomended me something in gnere:
> - not more than 600$
> - optical zoom 8x and more
> - iso from 50 or 80
> - big buffer
> - pixels > 5mp
>
> thanks

I am quite pleased with the Kodak Z612. It has 12X zoom, 6MP, very
fast autofocus, and is a bargain online. At its longest focal length,
the f4.8 aperture is a little slow, but it's otherwise a very useful
camera.

-Dave

On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 17:07:27 -0700, davek57 wrote:

> On Apr 20, 7:23 pm, dofe <d...@nesto.com> wrote:
>> Hello to all
>>
>> Need advice for digital camera. I will use it for shooting
>> sports competitions. So please recomended me something in gnere:
>> - not more than 600$
>> - optical zoom 8x and more
>> - iso from 50 or 80
>> - big buffer
>> - pixels > 5mp
>>
>> thanks
>
> I am quite pleased with the Kodak Z612. It has 12X zoom, 6MP, very
> fast autofocus, and is a bargain online. At its longest focal length,
> the f4.8 aperture is a little slow, but it's otherwise a very useful
> camera.
>
> -Dave

IMHO - the P850 is preferable if they still have some on the online store.
At least if one is interested in raw - it does raw,tiff,jpeg - very nice
camera about $225.

Fisher-Price makes a great lightweight camera

"dofe" <dofe@nesto.com> wrote in message news:f0beag$2k7$1@ss408.t-com.hr...
> Hello to all
>
> Need advice for digital camera. I will use it for shooting
> sports competitions. So please recomended me something in gnere:
> - not more than 600$
> - optical zoom 8x and more
> - iso from 50 or 80
> - big buffer
> - pixels > 5mp
>
> thanks

dofe wrote:
> Hello to all
>
> Need advice for digital camera. I will use it for shooting
> sports competitions. So please recomended me something in gnere:
> - not more than 600$
> - optical zoom 8x and more
> - iso from 50 or 80
> - big buffer
> - pixels > 5mp

For Sports competition you really need an SLR due to the shutter lag in
non SLRs.

Buy the Samsung GX-1s from Amazon (see "http://tinyurl.com/2z6wjv")
which comes with a 18-55mm lens for $451. Then for $175, after $50
rebate, buy the Pentax DA 50-200mm f/4-5.6 ED Lens, see
"http://tinyurl.com/2ol7yl".

Rebate form is at "http://www.pentaximaging.com/purchase/rebates_offers/"

Sorry, it's $626. But it's the cheapest you can get away with for sports
photography.

On Sat, 21 Apr 2007 17:43:06 -0400, "Hoover" <Hoover@hotmail.net> wrote:
: Fisher-Price makes a great lightweight camera

Indeed. My granddaughters love theirs.

But how do you get the battery out (or recharge it without removing it)? It's
not at all obvious to a half-senile geezer like me.

Bob