Is this good for recording football games? Will it zoom?
87457
It can't zoom. You can buy, pretty cheap, different screw on lenses. I guess in a way you can zoom. You attach your telephoto lens. Then you can slide they lens in and out of place, to go from telephoto to the regular lens that us on the ipad. I hope that makes sense.
1044866
The camera is very good but I have never tried it with sports. I use it only for domestic photos. Regarding the lens pack I felt it was useful for me.
336501
Honestly its not worth it. The camera does zoom but its fuzzy and useless. It goes about a 100ft so its not a lot. Not worth the money.
1138815
Yes, the zoom and picture quality are great features to have when shooting sports photography. It also has a feature where the camera anticipates the photograph to eliminate blur. I've used it for basketball and bowling (in low-light conditions) and it works great.
240914
The camera is basically used for vacation shots/scenery and people, so am not really sure how it would do for sporting events. So far the camera takes awesome pictures for what it is being used for, not sure that helps you or not though!!!
110355
NOOOOO! You would be lucky to have it focus in time to capture the action. I originally bought this camera to take action photos of my sons's high school football games. I could not have been more disappointed. I returned this camera.
847328
Do you know if this camera has a tripod mount? Would you recommend it for use in recording a lecture type presentation involving person standing infront of white board writing? Does it have zoom? is the zoom good quality?
370470
I haven't tried it on sporting events so can't really comment but I would be concerned about the speed resulting in blurred shots.
620156
I bought mine for football games, but I think they would be fine! I really enjoy using it for the games and have had no trouble with it! Enjoy!
2006766
In the sense that you can record programs like football games etc. yes it does the same thing that your cable dvr does. However it is not quite as convenient as the dvr. It works much the same as the old vcr did. I can fit about 5 complete football games on it before it is full. I am currently trying to find out if I can down load the data to a seperate hard drive with of course a lot more memory. Not sure if I can do that yet. I have paid for my unit a couple times over because of the savings compaired to a dvr from cable. I really like mine. That's about all I can tell you. Good luck!!
1337256
I've never used the Zoom but it looks like it has mics and storage for the recording. The Art solves a different problem as it is a DAC: it is converting 2 channels of analog to digital and 2 channels of digital to analog. The analog connections are XLR and 1/4"; digital is a USB to your computer. It has no mics and no storage.
925046
Yes you can zoom while shooting videos. I'm not a professional but this is the best camera for zoom and has a sports feature that makes awesome photos! I can't brag on it enough. Best money spent on a camera!!
653621
Personal opinion only, I think you'd find this camera would perform fairly well. It seems to do fairly well in low light situations and of course with the super zoom, you can zoom in on the target from considerable distance. Given the relative low price of this camera (compared to others with this zoom capability), your investment would be fairly low and you could always come back and sell one as "used" right here on Amazon.
39277
You can run the lens out whilst shooting video, so zooming isn't a problem. The only downside is the sound of the lens coming out is picked up by the microphone.
1012265
The only zoom you have is the resolution and screen width you pick before you film. No running zoom.
520242
No. Here's a link to a video of probably the loudest event I've shot with it- so far. It may not seem that loud now, but I had to wear earplugs. What it will do is reveal weaknesses in the PA system and sound mix. In other words, if the sound is bad, it'll record it just like it is. If it's good, like in this video, it'll sound good later on playback. One of the main reasons I bought this camera was to record bands, and so far, so good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvLGa96YMLU
1588507
Yes, you can. However, it is limited to record on and off.You cannot zoom in or out.