What do you know about the use of this camera for high speed video especially about the shutter speed? Sample on Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31ypqx...
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If you're trying to capture sports or quick movement, this is not the camera for you. It captures video at 24fps, typical HD quality. But overall, it's a good value for what it does, smaller than a smartphone but easier to adjust settings quickly.
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The sound and focus on the video is very good. The sound and video are very clear. My biggest problem with this camera is taking pictures! The shutter speed is so slow. it takes a long time before you can take another picture. I don't know why this camera operate so slow? I've called Tech Support and they recommended that I reset the settings to default and use a fast SD disk. That solutions corrects the problem just a little. Instead of 18-20 second to take a picture it takes about 8-13 seconds.
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I have not actually not used this camera for a long time. I couldn't really tell you. I still have it & liked it just have not had reason to use it for some time now. I would actually need to play with it a bit now just to get used to it again myself. Sorry can't really help.
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With much regret, this camera is not really suitable for high speed photography with flash. To take indoor, high speed pictures with flash requires an external flash unit that can flash the same brightness for each shot. In addition, the camera must be able to process the shot to the card. Assuming you may want 8 x 10's with reasonable sharpness, would require a camera in the $850 plus range, with a flash unit in the $350 plus range and shooting cards in the class 6+ range. However, this camera does take good quality, high speed pictures outdoors in bright light. As you increase the fps, the megapixels are reduced. For 30fps, it will take a good quality 4 x 6 picture.
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there is a selectable scale of continuous shooting speeds, from 1fps over the duration of 30s (or it will stop sooner if you release the shutter button), up to 40fps within 1s. Your choices are 1fps, 3fps, 5fps, 7fps, 10fps, 15fps, 30fps, and 40fps. I think a lot of people who like photographing sports would disagree with your statement about the utility of 40fps, even with the 30 picture cap. I'm also surprised you think the Sony has a better feature set. I think you'd get more regular use out of longer battery life, slow motion video, and shutter/aperture priority modes than you would out of optical video zoom and panarama shooting.
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Sometimes in low light it seems to be too long. It depends on the setting and if the lighting is appropriate for the setting you choose. There is a high speed burst feature that lets you take high speed single photos, like a movie only freeze frame that is really fast. Overall, I'd say once you are familiar with the settings and features its pretty quick. It does take some playing with it to get used to all the options.
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Hi Mark, no, the camera does not have the High Speed Shutter Sync. It has both the Slow sync and Rear sync flash modes. Thanks_Mitch
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It is great for action videos. If you also want stills, I agree a great digital camera with video might be a better option? Also give yourself time to play with it so you are ready and able to use it.
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Camera has a very fast electronic shutter and can take up to 40 frames/second. I have used the 10 frame per second mode for some outdoor shots that came out fine - just a lot of pictures to go review. Subject was also far away so quick focusing was not an issue.
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Jeff:Thanks for responding! I'm glad you like it so much. I think I'll give it a try. I did read a review that said that Fuji didn't think people buying a camera in this category wouldn't want HD video. I guess that makes sense, although it sure doesn't make any difference to me. Thanks again for a nice response.Steve
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About this fast (composite of 7 frames): http://www.printsandpixels.com/DigitalWorks/Composites/15196672_MnhGJg#!i=1136916626&k;=PfNt3jT&lb;=1&s;=AThis is why I chose this camera. I love it! It will usually buffer about 15 shots for me with a 60 MB/s card shooting in RAW at maximum size.
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If you don't need the absolutely highest resolution, you can record video, and in the playback screen, you have the option of converting the exact moments of the video into still pictures. The capture rate shooting video would be faster than any burst mode in picture mode, so you'd probably get the moment you're looking for even with a really high speed baby.
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Personally I would not recommend this camera for slow motion. Because it only records in 1080i (interlaced) it doesn't produce individual frames that are clear enough to show off a video in slow motion. You end up with vertical lines which make the video noisy. In fact, the true limitation of this camera, and any camera that shoots interlaced footage is that it suffers when there is lots of action going on in the scene. I would recommend a 720p camera over this or any other 1080i camera. Another issue is the frame rate. If you want to capture something in high enough quality to be played back in slow motion you're going to want something around 60fps.
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Hello, Terry, I utilize the camera to film my YouTube cooking show. It does seem to have a problem maximizing standard light sources (apartment lighting), which might impact your filming. I have personally struggled to get the light sensors to create bright video even when every light in the kitchen is on. On the plus side, the camera does produce high quality, very large image files. It works for YouTube, but how it would translate to a full blown filming depends on if you are utilizing industry lighting or shooting in bright sunlight. If so, it should work well. If you are going to film in low light or darkened outdoor conditions, you might want to search elsewhere.
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Tell the truth I haven't tried as when I shoot video the battery runs down soooooooooooo fast it is worthless. I would buy this camera if you are going to shoot videos. Mine will not hold the charge long enough to shoot videos unless you keep changing batteries. I am disspointed in the camera and have returned it twice to fix and still has not been solved. When it does work the video is clear as well as th pictures though.
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I wasn't sure either because it's not in the recommended list from gopro. I recorded a 7 minute long video (1080p Medium width @ 60fps) a couple days ago and it worked just fine.
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Actually to be honest with, it seems to be pretty fast to me at least. Its pretty impressive how the shutter reacts, as soon as I press the button to take the picture. This is why I bought in the first place; Id say in circumstances where there a lot of movemente its probably less than a second for the camera to record the picture taken Ive taken so many at a time, its awesome.