The ISO, which was already stated, goes up to 3200.
The reason 1/4000 is important for sports is because you want to be able to freeze the action with minimal blurring. 1/4000 is impressive. Typically only SLRs do that kind of shutter speed.
I'd like to know what the flash sync speed is, though. I mean, if you don't take the picture with AMPLE lighting, forget about getting a properly exposed 1/4000 shot.
No. It's referring to shutter speed. It goes up to ISO 3200, which should look pretty horrible and should only be used if completely necessary.
Hardly anyone is going to use the 1/4000. It's just marketing fluff. Otherwise, the cam's specs look pretty nice, I'm interested in seeing how it performs.
I don't know why people low-ranked this guy for an innocent question.
As great as 1/4000th of a sec shutter speed is for sports, the lack of a manual zoom ring has me question how effective this camera could be used for sports. No zoom ring generally means that the lense assembly is very compact while the camera is off. At the same time, this also means that the lense must move into an effective position during startup, which takes time (read: no instant start, like, let's say, a Fuji 6500fd). That and there is no ability to fine-tune zoom.
A manual zoom ring would have been on my wish-list for an SLR-like camera.
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Down @ Feb 25th 2008 9:19AM
"The DSC-H50 also has an "advanced sports" shooting mode which allows it to utilize ultra-high shutter speeds (like 1/4000 of a second)."
Does that mean an ISO of 4000 ?
lol @ Feb 25th 2008 10:41AM
what? 1/4000 is referring to the shutter speed.
The ISO, which was already stated, goes up to 3200.
The reason 1/4000 is important for sports is because you want to be able to freeze the action with minimal blurring. 1/4000 is impressive. Typically only SLRs do that kind of shutter speed.
I'd like to know what the flash sync speed is, though. I mean, if you don't take the picture with AMPLE lighting, forget about getting a properly exposed 1/4000 shot.
snapa @ Feb 25th 2008 9:37AM
No. It's referring to shutter speed. It goes up to ISO 3200, which should look pretty horrible and should only be used if completely necessary.
Hardly anyone is going to use the 1/4000. It's just marketing fluff. Otherwise, the cam's specs look pretty nice, I'm interested in seeing how it performs.
Temple @ Feb 25th 2008 10:15AM
@ Snapa
3200ISO nowa days is maybe not good, but usable. Even on small CCD sensors that are in this camera.
Leoedin @ Feb 25th 2008 11:13AM
My camera goes up to 1/8000 of a second... :p
Razor @ Feb 25th 2008 12:38PM
I don't know why people low-ranked this guy for an innocent question.
As great as 1/4000th of a sec shutter speed is for sports, the lack of a manual zoom ring has me question how effective this camera could be used for sports. No zoom ring generally means that the lense assembly is very compact while the camera is off. At the same time, this also means that the lense must move into an effective position during startup, which takes time (read: no instant start, like, let's say, a Fuji 6500fd). That and there is no ability to fine-tune zoom.
A manual zoom ring would have been on my wish-list for an SLR-like camera.