Sharp Shooters

Some of the best brands in digital Cameras, Nikon, Canon, and Olympus, have completely upgraded their new line of Digital SLR’s with better auto-focusing capabilities.

Digital SLR’s can shoot as fast as machine guns, but those pictures can be useless if all of them come out blurry. Autofocus can sometimes fail in low-light situations with quick moving objects. Finally, 2 cameras have come up to the top to show just how good their auto-focusing capabilities can be.

First, the Nikon D300. It packs 1 autofocus points! That is the most ever for a D-SLR! it is designed to to hold focus on a moving subject, like say, a soccer players blue jersey. Users can lock the cameras central focus point on the player, and if he darts to the edge of the frame, the camera passes the auto focus to another point in less than a second.

Next, the Olympus E-3. Each of the E-3′s 11 focus points has an extra row of pixels. This lets it gather twice as much information, which lets it get a more precise reading. They also claim to have the worlds most fastest autofocusing camera.

Overall, the Nikon D300 matched High end Canon 1Ds Mark III, and slightly outperformed other cameras in low light. Did I mention that the Mark III is an $8,000 camera? The Nikon D300 is only $1,800. It is good for shooting in low light situations. Also, the focus tracking worked very well. Although the Mark III, the 8 thousand dollar camera, completely trounced the others, the Nikon performed better than the Olympus.