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Why exactly do action photographers need high fps burst cameras?
Because
there is a lot happening in a short timeframe (movement phases of a fast animal or athlete), and you want to photograph it all
and/or
the exact timing of the relevant event cannot be ...
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Why exactly do action photographers need high fps burst cameras?
Strictly speaking, one does not need high FPS burst modes for sports or wildlife, but rather they are useful tools that open up more options.
I've shot sports in the last few years with a Canon 7D, ...
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Turning off camera while it’s still writing images to SD card?
I think, that what you asking is heavily depending on the implementation of the specific camera. All modern mirrorless cameras that I know (and probably most somewhat modern cameras) do not cut the ...
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Why exactly do action photographers need high fps burst cameras?
In addition to all the correct answers about how fast action occurs, I'd like to point out two fundamental biological reasons for why you need burst:
100ms. This is the fastest we can react to a ...
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Turning off camera while it’s still writing images to SD card?
The power switch does not instantly cut the power, as with a room light.
It's more like when you turn off a PC (not at the wall) – it completes outstanding tasks, and for one thing, on a compact ...
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Turning off camera while it’s still writing images to SD card?
If you remove the battery or the battery runs out completely you'll get real damage and potentially kill the SD card in a single go (unlikely but it happened), but the switch you flip does not do that,...
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Why exactly do action photographers need high fps burst cameras?
For a specific case where a high FPS is useful, consider cricket photography (the game, not the insect).
When a batter takes a swing at the ball, there are potentially a number of outcomes worth ...
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Can anyone tell me which cameras populate sub-second EXIF information?
Phil Harvey (author of exiftool) keeps a collection of metadata examples from many cameras/scanners/etc. The files all have the image data stripped away and just include the metadata. Scanning ...
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Why exactly do action photographers need high fps burst cameras?
I've been shooting at Motorsport for a while now and I can give you my vision of why this is like this I believe in any sport.
Usually sports action occurs so fast that any image can change in a ...
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Is it possible to increase a camera's burst shooting FPS through software changes?
Maybe. Maybe not.
Frame rates in some cameras can be "throttled" somewhat. This allows camera makers to use common parts for models with performance that is differentiated by price in their product ...
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Are there cameras which can continuously shoot for an unlimited amount of time?
Here are some of the reasons while still picture quality is considerably higher than video:
Resolution Even 4K video is only about 8MP. Standard HD (1920x1080) is only about 2MP. Most current DSLRs ...
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Where can i find Burst mode on my Nikon D3300?
See Burst in the index of your D3300 camera manual.
It is page 68 in the D3300 Reference manual.
Reference manual is the much larger complete manual (as opposed to skimpy shipped version on D3xxx ...
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Can I use burst mode with the pop-up flash on a Nikon DSLR?
Not with the internal flash.
In continuous shutter mode, the internal flash will fire only once each time that you press the shutter button. Most of the Nikon manuals specify those exact words, but ...
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Can I use burst mode with the pop-up flash on a Nikon DSLR?
With some cameras it can theoretically be yes.
With most Nikon DSLR cameras the flash is limited to one discharge per shutter button press.
With pretty much all DSLRs with built in flashes it is, ...
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Why exactly do action photographers need high fps burst cameras?
They don’t know WHEN the moment they want will happen.
WHEN will the birds wings be FULLY extended?
WHEN will the ball be ON the racket/bat?
Answer sometime in the next second.
If you have 4fps ...
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How to shoot lightning bolts with Android Pixel 6 Pro?
There are (at least) 2 ways of shooting lightning. 1) with a lightning trigger device/app or 2) by doing long exposures.
Lightning triggers are basically light sensors that, once connected to your ...
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Convince Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H300 to take many pictures after one shutter press?
The manual page you refer to in your question indicates that when continuous shooting is enabled and...
... recording with the self-timer, a series of up to 5 images is recorded.
So using the timer ...
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Sorting Burst mode / continuous shooting photos in to folders
Adobe Bridge may not automatically stack sequences, but it can be used to create stacks and then carry out operations on those stacks. I'm assuming (untested) that this includes moving them to new ...
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Do aperture blades move between each shot in burst mode?
Any kind of focus tracking ("AI focus" and the like) requires the camera to refocus between shots, and focusing requires the lens to be fully open.
Also, you can use your DoF test button with ...
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Do aperture blades move between each shot in burst mode?
For an SLR, moving the aperture blades will be a lot less effort than moving the mirror. So I doubt that there is a universal answer independent of camera model.
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Why exactly do action photographers need high fps burst cameras?
Most of the other answers are perfectly valid. Another aspect to be considered is that -each- of the frames can be sold individually and exclusively to different buyers. You are selling the image, not ...
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Why exactly do action photographers need high fps burst cameras?
Question: Why exactly do action photographers "need" high fps burst cameras?
Answer: In order to shoot as many photos as possible in a given amount of time and/or to reduce the time between shutter ...
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What determines a cameras max FPS for still images?
For mirrorless cameras like the Canon M5 and M50, it is the processing power and speed of the camera’s digital processor. The M50 has the newest Digic 8 processor while the M5 uses Digic 7.
For a ...
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