dan_sisken

<p>Thanks to everyone on their responses. I will do some more testing. Also, if this is of interest, I could post more photos (without sharpening) so people could see what I'm talking about (although having to compress jpegs makes this difficult).<br>

<br />Dan</p>

<p>Thanks Frank and Steve,<br>

I used the auto-sports mode. The ISO was 250. Speed 1/800. F 5.6. <br>

The meet was outdoors in bright, sunny conditions (and around 100 degrees!) .<br>

Some of the pix in the group turned out ok, but none were sharp. This included pix of people standing around watching.<br>

The camera I had hoped to be upgrading from, a non-SLR Sony DSC-H2 12x optical zoom, so far is winning the contest by a mile (even though the auto focus is broken).</p>

<p>I just bought a Canon T3 and used it with the kit lens and a polarizing filter to take pix at a swim meet. The photos turned out disappointing. It looked like the filter noticeably softened the focus (although the colors were nice). Am I correct that this is likely the filter and not some issue with the lens, which I have not tested without the filter as this was my first shoot with it.<br>

Thanks for any discussion.<br />Dan</p><div></div>