I have a problem with taking pics of moving objects. What can I do to solve this problem. I have a Fuji FinePix 2300. Does the resolution and the compression have anything to do with it?

And also, how do I go about making the pictures smaller or larger for posting?

Any help would be appreciated. Thank you in advance!

 

Sadly Spanky you've picked on just about the weakest area of digital photography at least as far as none SLR very expensive ones are concerned, they suck for action photography. There tends to be a delay after pressing the shutter which thwarts your best attempts. If for example, you are taking pics of cars going around a circuit, try to position yourself so the cars are coming towards you on a bend, as in your avatar. Try pre focusing on a point on the track where the car will be when you intend to take your shot. At least that way you wont be waiting for the autofocus to operate after you press the shutter. The shutter delay is something you can't do much about though,...... sorry. If I was going to take action shots I'ds use a conventional SLR.

With regard to resizing your pics, you need Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, Corel, any of the photo packages. There's usually a very simple resize function for your pics labelled either 'Resize' or 'Resample' Take your pictures bigger than you need to and always size them downwards. The quality suffers generally if you try to make the pics bigger. Didn't you get some photo package with the camera that will enable you to this?

Hope this helps.

 

Moving objects:
Good advice
Not all digicams have a delay. If you have one, it can be very anoying. You need a higher sutterspeed. If your camera is capable, try changing to shutter priority. Must cameras will have a sports mode. Try that. Try to follow the movement and gently press the shutter. Sometimes excitement can cause a person to stab at the shutter trying to catch the action at just the right moment.

Image Manipulation:
This is done in your photo editor on the PC. First save the original image. Then work with the image and save it with a new name. You can always go back to the original. I recommend Photoshop but even simple photoeditors like Microsoft or Adobe 3.1 will resize an image. Change the pixel count for web publishing to 72 PPI. Monitors won't resolve much more than that so extra pixels per inch just slow down the download.

 

Note added To Cedric's advice, if your camera has a manual focus mode the pre-focus option works with even less delay. Ditto for using manual exposure control. If you preset the aperture and shutter then it takes out a slight processing delay. If you can, bump your ASA/ISO rating up to max manually. If shutter speed is still too slow you can underexpose intentionally (faster shutter) and punch up the "gamma" in the computer (at some expense of detail in brighter tonal ranges).

Even doing all that, I agree digital prosumer level cameras have too much shutter lag. My Nikon 990 requires a ton of user-prediction to get good action pics. Don't give up. I got GREAT pics of drag race launches but I had to throw away tons too.

To check if resolution/compression have anything to do with it take some pics of a still subject at different settings and compare reults.

You should also check for a multi-photo burst mode. The resolution is usually cranked down but you'll get a short motor-drive-like set of pics.

 

Thanks for the responses everyone! I'm still relatively new to the digital imaging world, so every information helps. I appreciate all the information that has been posted. Thanks again!

 

Get an Olympus!

 

I have an Olympus C-700UZ and it has an action feature you can select. For times where you cannot hold the camera still. I have tested it out and to my surprise it works pretty well.

 

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Even doing all that, I agree digital prosumer level cameras have too much shutter lag.