I purchased a Canon PS S1-IS and, in general, very happy with it. The 10X zoom and IS is great when taking outdoor photos.
I am having a problem with indoor shots, however. I need to take photos of dogs in dog show rings where you cannot use a flash because it upsets the dogs. The lighting is usually fairly poor with indoor overhead fluorescent lights that are hung high up. As a result, the shots that the camera calls for are something like 1/6 to 1/10 of a second on the widest lens setting.
I bought a tripod stick to steady the camera, which helps, but the subjects are always moving, and without a speed of at least 1/60, there is always something a blur in the photos.
I would be happy to purchase yet another camera, including a digital SLR if it would give me at least 6-8X zoom to get the dogs across the ring and still allow me a reasonably fast shutter speed to stop the blurring.
Am I asking for the impossible? If not, what combination of camera/lens is likely to work? Thanks.
Jim