Posted by HOST on 11/25/2007, 9:15 pm, in reply to "canon a 300"
If you're talking about taking a rapid "burst" of photos, that camera just can't do it. Every camera has a certain amount of internal memory space called a "buffer". When you take a series of photos quickly, one right after the other, the camera will only allow you to do it until that buffer fills up. Then, it has to take time to write (transfer) the images to the memory card.
The A300 is a very basic digital camera, so it's going to have next to nothing for a buffer. If you use a high speed memory card (such as the Sandisk Ultra series), it might help just a bit. Really though, if you want to be able to do large numbers of photos rapidly, you're going to have to update to a more modern camera.
For stuff like zoo photos, the Panasonic line such as the FZ8 or the FZ18 (newest model) are ok. The FZ18 has an 18X optical zoom, and it has a rapid fire burst mode which can take a large number of images in a row. Otherwise, just read up on reviews for newer models and pay attention to the "burst mode" feature description which will tell you how many they can take before needing to spend time writing to the card.
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