what about stop-action for sports, especially High School football bad stadium lighting?
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probably want to look at something else, will be grainy if you are too far away.
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Honestly, I think you would be terribly disappointed. The camera would pop to a very high ISO to handle the low light and the photos would be grainy and have smushy detail.
653621
Personal opinion only, I think you'd find this camera would perform fairly well. It seems to do fairly well in low light situations and of course with the super zoom, you can zoom in on the target from considerable distance. Given the relative low price of this camera (compared to others with this zoom capability), your investment would be fairly low and you could always come back and sell one as "used" right here on Amazon.
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You're better off using lighting systems on your helmet, front of bike etc. These are MUCH more effective than reflectors. Invest in lighting as if your life depends on it, because it does.
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It's acceptable in our gym, for like basketball, tennis motion analysis, at 120 fps. It should be OK at 240 fps, unfortunately the light source gives heavy blinking at that speed.
315783
Yes there is two different safety features, that stop it from lighting by accident
2188647
Most of these answers are blatantly wrong. There are three main "modes."1. Regular "on"2. dimmed "on"3. Strobe/Flashing.Turning it on/off quickly should get these effects.
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I agree with sportrider. Or you could set it in the oven with the light on. You'll find a way if you want to make it bad enough.
890307
jUST THE LIGHTING.. HOWEVER SPEND MORE... to get a higher end unit.. this one likes to get caught up and skip when nothing is wrong with the disc...
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In that kind of environment, where you're standing in the dark but the kids on stage are lit, it performs very well. In fact, we had a concert at my church a couple weeks ago and I shot in those precise conditions... and the pictures turned out great! Oh... don't be afraid to bump your ISO, even up to 3200, and you should be fine. ヅ
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It's not good at all. I took them off a few weeks after I purchased them. You can't use your bright lights at all.
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NOOOOO!You would be lucky to have it focus in time to capture the action. I originally bought this camera to take action photos of my sons's high school football games. I could not have been more disappointed. I returned this camera.
956392
Was there air conditioning on? Alot of times that will really affect the ballons staying power.
116255
Most LED tv'a use some form of CPU enhancement of motion to reduce blurring and supposedly add realism. They don't always work as a positive they are easily toggled off.
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I do not have this problem. If it is only during sports shows, it is probably the settings not a defect in the TV.
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I haven't tried it on sporting events so can't really comment but I would be concerned about the speed resulting in blurred shots.
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Sorry, I don't know. I have great results on auto focus, Closeup indoor with flash and action soccer shots, zoomed in outdoors.Tip: On the out door action shots, regardless of natural lighting, I ALWAYS use flash--I believe it shoots faster with flash onand stops the action better.
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I would say this is not going to keep up with sports if you are very close to the action. It's great for a stage with relatively slow panning.
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You can take off the lower 80% of the ball but it would leave the top part of the ball and innards of the light exposed. I think it would look strange IMO.