Greg Coaches B Ball

The top picture is Greg getting down to the kids' level to coach. The second picture is my son, Devin, taking a shot. I was having some difficulty with the lighting so I need to learn what setting to use for indoor shots in gymnasiums where the lights are lower than normal. Still need the zoom lense. Not sure if I will be getting that for Christmas or not.

I Need a Zoom Lense

A cool action shot of Gusto even though it is slightly off center...darn software is not as easy as my old program. We got a few decent shots but most of them are too far away and the cropping and zooming part of my software program SUCKS. So until I get a better zoom lense, the pictures will continue to not be as nice as I would like. But I am still playing around and learning, they should improve.

Robbie Jumping

Here is a decent shot of Robbie jumping. Greg was trying to get him to take the jumps while I was trying to capture the shots. The camera's shutter speed is significantly better than my old digital camera but I have to get used to this new one. I also definitely need a zoom lense for it.

New Camera

I am finally getting a new camera. I did a lot of research about SLRs and point-and-shoot but I struggled with the decision. I currently use a Fujifilm point-and-shoot, 3.2 mega pixels, 6x optical zoom and video clip capture. The picture quality is fantastic and it served it's purpose well over the past 5.5 years. I originally bought it for agility trials - to capture video and pictures without having to drag along my camcorder. It definitely worked well and the zoom capability was the best in it's class.

My only complaint was the shutter lag time - the length of time after I hit the button until it captured the image. I would miss the picture that I wanted due to the lag. This is the biggest complaint about the point-and-shoot models. Now that Devin is doing football and basketball, I want to capture some pretty cool action shots. The local camera shop recommended an SLR - the lag time is almost non-existent, what you see is what you capture - mostly. And it will work indoors in the gym - my camera does not capture the images indoors in the low light conditions well.

I am hoping to get the new camera in the next week - Olympus E-520. Look for some new pictures soon!