In need of a good camera for gymnastics?
I have a Nikon L110 and it takes good close-ups of flowers and pictures of the sky but I also need a good camera for gymnastics, a low light no flash zone. I don't really want to switch to a cannon or anything I just need a camera that is good for all of these things. Someone I know is getting a Nikon d5200 and I've been looking into that camera but everything I've found is in hard to understand "camera talk" and I can't figure out if it will be good for what am describing. No, I don't know what ISO means or what mm of lens is good. All I know is names and settings. So if you would try to keep answers in simple to understand English that would help a ton.(no I don't have a price range but I don't want to spend thousands on a camera) so would the Nikon d5200 be a good one to get or what others should I look into?
Low light is always tricky and is difficult without the correct lenses.
One thing to think about is a dslr with the fastest consumer lens available. I'm thinking of a Canon dslr with the 50mm f/1.8. You'll probably still need a higher ISO for such work and even with that, considering the amount of light normally available, you still may get blur. As you well know gymnastics is fast moving and usually in very poor light… Tricky at best.
Yes, the Nikon D5200 would be a good camera to capture gymnastics. You might want to consider the newer version, the D5300. If I were buying today, I would get the D7100. I own the much older D90.
The D5200/D5300 usually comes with a kit lens, the 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 zoom lens. This lens is OK for general photography but may not be enough of a lens for gymnastics. I think you should get a 50mm f/1.8 Nikkor lens in addition to the kit lens. It is relatively cheap and it will do the job.
http://www.nikonusa.com/...F1.8G.html
My son captured my granddaughter at a meet using a 50mm lens. Here is the pic.
First, you may be able to put the camera in sports mode and it will take care of everything for you.
But if you want more control, you will have to learn the exposure triangle: aperture, shutter speed and ISO. I think I'll let the professionals explain exposure.
http://www.nikonusa.com/...osure.html