Re: EX1 - suitable for fast paced action?

I have been satisfied with shooting sport (soccer) on EX1s, both normal and high speed footage, and loved the results.

If high speed footage capture is really your only main concern with choosing the EX1s over another camera, consider this:

When broadcast, your program will undergo serious compression anyway depending on bandwidth available to any particular tv network, so ultimately, fast pans and ball movements will contain a high percentage of artifacts.

For example, Australian digital SD tv broadcast is pretty good when it comes to sports broadcasts and broadcast qulaity of video, but our digital HD broadcasts can contain high artifacts and even streaking and become quite noticeable (though the masses with their shiny new HD tvs will never tell the difference). It seems, in Australia anyway, that HD is compressed at a higher ratio to SD broadcasts.

And these broadcasts are shot on top quality gear - it is the actaul transmission of the high motion signal that lets you down in my experience - not your acquisition.

Go the EX1s if they fit all your other criteria. Good luck!



Cheers,
Tom

Camera Operator - Editor - Motion Graphics
(http://www.tomdavid.com.au)