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Originally Posted by Billfred
So recently I acquired a new digital camera, a Canon PowerShot A620. I picked it up after reading some good reviews and a few good experiences with a borrowed PowerShot A95. (The A620's a more modern camera, albeit with a rather noisy zoom. I've been happy thus far.)
I used the A95 at Cal Games, snapping pictures in my matches off for posterity/reference/ChiefDelphi posting. Problem is, I couldn't seem to get a good picture of some robots on the field.
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Usually taking good pictures of robots in action takes some practice and a lot of playing around with the settings on a digital camera to find the perfect mix between shutter speed and flash. Usually, I've found that the "Auto" settings on digital cameras are quite terrible for most things in life, let alone competitions; so always use the "Manual" settings.
Once in the "Manual" mode, you'll need to look through the settings you have and experiment to find what gets the best results for you. Most digital cameras today have all kinds of custom, proprietary filters and settings, so nowadays it's harder to give concrete advice on digital photography (as opposed to film photography).