I just found this thread and am very interested. I also take indoor gym pictures. I have a Canon A540 (very disappointed with it for my use, going to replace) and can set the ISO to 800, but since I have to zoom so far to see my gymnast, I get camera shake warnings and blurry pictures all the time. I'd love a DSLR but don't think its in my price range. I've never heard of a fast lens. What is that?
Do you think some of the mega zoom P&S would work? For example the Fujifilm S700 has upto ISO 1600. I am a bit concerned about the image stabilization. Some reviews claim its not Optical Image Stabilization. So I'm not really sure what Fuji is advertising.
I print the photos in 4*6, sometimes 8*10 and crop a bit for scrapbooking. It doesn't seem that I need a super high resolution. I'm not at all opposed to a used camera. Any thoughts