can this camera take good pictures of children who won't sit still, or action shots, or anything with possible movement.???
1715931
In my opinion, this camera has a fairly large aperature for this price range. This allows the shutter speed to be a bit higher than other similar cameras, which helps stop movement. The main thing for a camera used in an automatic mode (don't we all do this?) is to have as much light as possible for action pictures with no blurriness.
1715932
The shutter is fast so yes, but the image quality is really grainy and not that great.
1715933
I took a picture of a car window at dusk with rain drops running sideways and it came out very nice. Also took several pictures of a running water. Have 7 kids and aside from just not catching their faces the pictures always seem to come out.
1008615
I have never taken pictures of children playing, however, have taken pictures of animals and pictures in moving trains and with the image stabilizer, it takes nice pictures.
2275221
There is a bit of a delay, so it's not great for taking action shots. It's a generally great camera, and I love it a lot, but you do have to anticipate a shot.
2063668
That's a great question. The camera has a lot of features but I'm not sure if it's able to do that.
781962
It should! It actually has a "kid" setting in the menu. My wife takes wildlife shots, birds in flight etc and loves this camera more then her high end Nikon
1008613
This camera should do a good job for you. It has a sports setting for capturing very fast action. The camera does an amazing job with focus. While at Disney this summer, I took a photo of a still object that was about 1/4 mile away using the zom feature. The framing and focus were perfect. I mention this because I was moving at aprox 10 mph on a train when I snapped the photo. The only thing you have to keep in mind when using this camera is the location of your fingers on the left. It is easy cover up the pop up flash. You should also have a spare battery.
183804
For still image is good, not recommend for taking pictures for baby, too slow.
1792528
No. It's response time is fast enough for action photos but not for high speed motion capture.
420461
Yes the photos are nice for this type of camera, the image stabilization helps for the not so steady or hard button pushers. You need to allow the camera to focus and that is not instant like a full size camera. I have been impressed with even out the window driving shots.
1471761
No, I don't believe it can. This camera is great for a kid, but really not good for much else. It is very basic.
1476440
Yeah - it's slow when it takes pictures. I bought it for my 6 year old nephew so he's thrilled with it.
1980895
I think they would be able to use it with no problem. It's pretty easy to use. The camera is small compact. It takes good pictures. I would buy a carring case for the camera as well. Hope I've been helpful.
508636
I gave this to my 6 year old granddaughter who has a hard time holding her arms/hands still for a picture, but this camera does pretty well. I think it would do ok, but if things are really shaky, whether from a young child or older hands, there still might be some blurriness. Heck, even I have blurry pictures at times! Good luck!
437914
Yes, movement is the basis for it taking a photo. The motion detector is not as sensitive as i would like as in my experiments, it missed some pics
845334
IMHO no point & shoot camera is good enough for kids. I have bought and tried many of these and none come even close to the speed of a SLR when it comes to kids. Frankly if you want to preserve great memories, please invest in a SLR
850167
It does but I wouldn't buy it if I were you. It is a TERRIBLE camera for ANY moving subject- a person sitting still but who happens to be breathing might not be in focus- I would literally have my kids hold their breath for pictures with this TERRIBLE camera
755318
buy a canon. This camera is not a point and shoot. Its also terrible for shooting kids!!!