Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"Robert G. Stevens" wrote: [SNIP] > I looked in my R8 manual and the Leica book and could not find this figure > published for any of their cameras. I have found the R8 to be pretty > quick, but was interested in how it compares. I also notice I can preload > the R8 shutter release similiar to how you can on a mecanical release so > that must of the trave is taken up and just a slight bit more pressure > fires it. This seems better than on the previous R cameras. Anybody have > the lag time numbers? > > Regards, > > Robert Hello Robert. I once read a test report that compared the release lag time of the Contax RTSIII and the Leica R8. I don't have the exact figures. i *think* it was in a German magazine called Color Foto. i will try to find it, I am sure its somewhere in my house. If my memory recalls it correctly, it was somewhere in the area of 35-45 ms. Also, i remember talking to someone about the same issues, and he told me the R7 has less lag time than the R8. Again, that is unconfirmed though. Of course, at such rates, it is practicaly impossible to measure it. Both my R7's and R8's seem very fast. The R3's that I have seem much slower in this department. - -- Warm Regards, Alexander