“How fast is the focus on this camera Having trouble with my cannonsx170 in waiting for the auto focus...need something faster for bird and action shots”
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Slow auto focus is a real nuisance. If you are shooting action, like my hobby of shooting dancers, and it's in a club or poorly lit situation, the auto focus is a shot killing enemy, with virtually all cameras. The trick to minimizing the issue is to adjust the effective ISO, or "electronic film speed" to a significantly larger number, so that the camera can focus more quickly because the depth of field increases. But this increases "granularity" in the shot, with images likely to appear grainy our coarse. And with some cameras even that isn't good enough. I own some of these. Great outside, not good for moving subjects indoors where flash will be involved. Won't name names but it is an issue.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Hi Mr. O, The A500 has a high-speed auto focus feature. -Anthony
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.to be short and sweet... it is not a rapid zoom by any means, however the length of adjustment time, and the multiple "auto-stop" zones, ensure the camera obtains the best quality picture in a reasonable amount of time. from all the way out, to stage one is approx. 1.2seconds, stage two-2 secs, and three-2.4... i hope that helps
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