jerry_squires Posted July 23, 2003 Share Posted July 23, 2003 Is it just me, or do digital cameras have slow shutters? From the push of the shutter to the time the picture is taken seems extremely slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gib Posted July 23, 2003 Share Posted July 23, 2003 It is just you Jerry. Kidding. Depends on the camera. But mostly yes. I have several dozen shots of my two dogs that show tails and rear ends exiting left and right to prove that shutter lag is not a myth. Depending on the camera and the situation there are some ways to reduce it, but not necessarily to the speed of a rangefinder or even a mf SLR. Some people put the camera in landscape mode, focus to infinity. Some half depress and get ready with focus and exposure calculation and then fire the shutter the last half. Some cameras have hispeed continuous modes, where you hold the shutter down and fire a burst of three or four shots. I have never used a DSLR, just prosumers like Canon G2 and Nikon 5700 Maybe others can supply better tips or ideas for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshroot Posted July 23, 2003 Share Posted July 23, 2003 They are as slow or fast as any point and shoot camera, film or otherwise. Which is to say, not fast at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troll Posted July 23, 2003 Share Posted July 23, 2003 Once my Olympus E-20 locks focus on the subject (or if I have manual focus selected) the lag time between pressing the shutter release and recording the image is even less than my Leica. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_haynes Posted July 23, 2003 Share Posted July 23, 2003 One main reason for shutter lag is that these cameras are usually designed so they cannot fire until the auto focus is locked in. Can't speak for other point-and-shoots, but a work-around for my Canon G2 is to keep the camera set on the single shot auto focus mode and depress the shutter release part way until the focus indicater shows it's locked onto focus. Then just wait until the right moment, press the release completely, and no shutter lag. There is also a pre-focus mode on the G2 that's only usable at the wide-angle setting that eliminates the delay from waiting for the camera to lock-in focus. But these cameras are never going to focus and shoot as fast as a d-slr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard thompson www.fotoz Posted July 24, 2003 Share Posted July 24, 2003 Shutter lag - Or "S'lag!!!!" as I call it ! I bought a Digital Sony DSC-P9 as a point and shoot to complement my SLR a year or so ago. I get soooooo annoyed with its shutter lag. Its worse in low light, where sometimes, Im waiting up to 2 seconds for it to take the photo - usualy the moment has passed. I more recently bought a Canon 10D - this behaves just like a Film EOS - as good as no shutter lag what so ever - if there is, then it must only be milliseconds... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton_rose Posted October 18, 2003 Share Posted October 18, 2003 It's called shutter lag and I get it with my Olympus C-750. It is a real *annoyance* and the only thing that irritates me about this camera. I've missed some good shots because of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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