Camera for racing events

SexyGreyFox · 17 Jan 2006 at 18:36

My mates son attends car racing events and he wants a camera that will take pictures that will give excellent prints at A4. He will need a good zoom and to be able to take several pictures very quickly so he can choose one from a batch of eg a car going round a corner. He doesn't want the camera being too bulky either.

Any suggestions?

SexyGreyFox · 17 Jan 2006 at 19:24

Joe T said:
Budget?

?? Never asked.
Lets say £250 but suggest up to £500.

SexyGreyFox · 17 Jan 2006 at 20:05

Can you give links to your libraries please other than the one below your sig (unless thats it).

SexyGreyFox · 17 Jan 2006 at 20:31

Superb - thats exactly what he's after.

SexyGreyFox · 18 Jan 2006 at 06:59

Suggestions so far are excellent but another question for him.

I know most camcorders will only capture at 1 megapixel but it would be good if he captured the race then he could pull whatever picture from it and blow it up to A4.

Is there a camcorder that will do this so that he's got the best of both worlds?

TomWilko - what did you record your videos with?