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This may be a silly question. Yesterday I went to the horse show at Olympia - first time ever (it was great, by the way) so although I didn't go to take photos I fancied a few of the various displays and competitions just as a record. I wasn't going to take the dSLR, obviously, and I'm the world's worst at taking photos with a phone (and I don't think the camera on my phone is that great) so I took my years old Panasonic Lumix DMCLZ5. It's fully auto and basically I have no idea how it works. I put it on 'sports' mode which I thought would prioritise the highest possible shutter speed. I tried a couple of shots, got nothing but 'artistic blur', put it away and and just enjoyed watching. Today when I looked at the exif it's used 1/15s and 200iso, and I can't understand why. Having read the manual, several times, it seems it only goes to 400iso - beyond that you have to use another mode I didn't know about and it precludes zooming, so that would have been no good anyway - but why did it not at least use 400iso? There's nothing in the manual that gives the nitty gritty for each mode. It is an old camera. I bought it back when I wanted a lighter alternative to the 35mm SLR I had then for dragging up mountains. It doesn't even have a rechargable battery as back then I was camping and didn't have leccy. It eats AA batteries so there may be something wrong with it.
So another question. If I want to use it again it's not going to be for landscape. My mountain climbing days are over and now when I go walking I wouldn't dream of leaving the dSLR behind. So the only time I'd use a p and s is for situations like yesterday. If I was to replace the Panny, what with? The requirements are -
1 Smaller than a dSLR
2 Decent iso and enough control so I actually understand what it's doing
3 A proper sports mode that really does give me a chance of capturing something moving
4 Some zoom
5 I don't want to spend a lot of money on something that might get used once or twice a year. I'm having enough of a debate with myself over getting something better than my 550D for wildlife................
So another question. If I want to use it again it's not going to be for landscape. My mountain climbing days are over and now when I go walking I wouldn't dream of leaving the dSLR behind. So the only time I'd use a p and s is for situations like yesterday. If I was to replace the Panny, what with? The requirements are -
1 Smaller than a dSLR
2 Decent iso and enough control so I actually understand what it's doing
3 A proper sports mode that really does give me a chance of capturing something moving
4 Some zoom
5 I don't want to spend a lot of money on something that might get used once or twice a year. I'm having enough of a debate with myself over getting something better than my 550D for wildlife................