Camera or Laser Range finder

[Dave1980]

Just had my first lesson last week, after playing golf for the best part of 10 years. Being able to see my swing on the camera during the lesson was a great help, but I feel the only way to get the best out of range/practice session would be to buy a camera. With about £250 to spend I am not sure if I would be able to get a decent camera with a good enough fps, or if I would be better spending my money on a range finder to help improve my short game. BTW I have a sky caddie SG5, but get really frustrated not having the exact yardage to the flag!

any suggestions???

 

[fundy]

If you already have a GPS id put the camera above the laser, that said for £250 you should be able to get both

The casio high speed cameras have been down as cheap as £100 and you can pick a laser up for £150 (albeit maybe 2nd hand)

 

[Jimbooo]

Personally, I'd get a camera first.

I have one of these:
http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog...ved=0CGoQ8wIwAw

Thoroughly recommended. The High Speed mode is great for analysing your swing.

 

[USER1999]

If your course use coloured flags to denote front. middle, back, unless your greens are massive, surely you can guess the yardage to the pin to the nearest 5 yards or so. Are you more accurate than that?

If your club doesn't have coloured flags, perhaps you should request it.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Even if they don't have coloured flags you can move the flag on SC into an approximate position and get a reading. As Murph says unless you are ultra accurate that will give a sufficient reading. I'm not a huge fan of recording every range session. Apart from anything else do you really know what you are looking at/for unless a pro goes through it too. I do use them, usually after a lesson to compare with the video footage my pro mails me so I have a direct comparison