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Originally Posted by bencelest
That's one lovely picture Harvey!
Benny
PS
Can you teach me how I can take a decent picture when my kid is playing basketball?
It seems that all of the pics I take is in a blur.
Forgive me if I am a novice in camera pict taking but can you show me the pict taking 101?.
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Tip #1, tell them to stand still when you take your shot! LOL
I'll send you an e-mail and find out what camera you have to help with what settings you use. You might have to get another job and spend a ton of money on expensive equipment!
On another note, something Gabe mentioned on memory cards warrants a comment. I've usually spent the extra money on more expensive high speed cards but it really isn't something I have been able to justify. Downloading images from standard cards to a computer isn't that slow anyways and even if it takes a minute longer you can use that to get a cup of coffee. The primary need for high speed cards is for sports photographers as they are often taking 8-10 shots per second and need their camera to be able to clear its memory buffer onto the card so they can take the next set of action shots. Even when I've shot basketball games I'm usually only taking 2-4 shots at a time and the buffer easily handles that. Don't get caught in the hype.
Also, a warning to new DSLR owners: Learn to clean your sensors!!! I don't really have any experience with some of the newer models that shake the dust from the sensor, but I honestly can't imagine they can shake all of the dust off since I have a hard time cleaning all of it off manually. While I like Canon gear, I will never forgive Canon for sending me a brand new 20D with a filthy sensor just days before I was leaving for a trip to Portugal. There was probably 50-100 specs of dust on the sensor.