I have a Nikon Coolpix 8700. I've had it 3 years. It has great megapixels, and the majority of the pictures turn out fantasic, great quality.

But I've noticed that it can be a little slow sometimes, with the actual taking of the picture. And I have also had trouble with different situations like gymnasiums, fireworks, nightime, indoor lighted stages which I guess would be considered a backlight.


I thought th is was a good camera........ is it just me not knowing how to use it properly?



My daughter has a Fuji Finepix F30 it takes great outdoor photos, not so great indoors with low lighting. I haven't checked out the delay on taking the photo...



I just seem to be missing alot of the "good" shots of Mousse

My Canon Powershot was slow in those areas as well...my Canon Rebel XT takes excellent pictures in all of those situations

My Canon Powershot was slow in those areas as well...my Canon Rebel XT takes excellent pictures in all of those situations

Yes the DSLR type camera types really help in all the situations. A good tip for the point and shoot cameras. Be ready ahead of time with your camera. To reduce the shutter lag have the camera ready with the shutter button pressed 1/2 way down, when the shot is perfect click it the rest of the way and it should be much faster (ie. hold the shutter 1/2 way as if you were using a video cam then click when you have the perfect photo). Big drawback to this technique is it really drains the batteries fast.