Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I will take part of the contest, with some numbers, taken from the M7 report of Erwin Puts, you can find it on his webpage M7: LAG of 12ms M6: LAG of 12 to 18ms Konica Hexar RF: LAG of 100ms "typical single reflex camera": LAG of 125ms (I reproduce here his numbers AND expressions "current digital camera": LAG of 400 to 1500ms (the current has to be taken when his M7 report was written) I think (but this is only my experience) that the problem with LAG is really the blinking of the eyes. This is so rapid that I'm not shure even an ideal no-LAG camera could avoid it. The problem becomes real I think from 1/10 of a second (100ms) when your subject has enough time to realize that a picture is taken, and that's, in my opinion, enough time to have the expression of a face changed, but not in less than that. and last, I bought a Fuji 645i for its ability to take 4.5x6 automatically (advance, focus, and light balance) but sell it second hand because of the enormous LAG of this camera. It was soo long, I was quite disappointed, I thought a non reflex camera would have a minimum LAG, but this body was not so well thought I think. (In comparisson, my Rollei 3.5F, M6 and M3 are instantaneous, and my ancient F801-s and R8 were really fast enough to have a lot of good views, forgeting the closed eyes ;-) Greg VDS ps, by the way, is the M LAG changing with the speed set? - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan C" <leicaman@sympatico.ca> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 3:56 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] M7 vs M3 "lag time" -- How can we find out somerealnumbers? > Ted, basically what you are stating is that you are not interested in > knowing about shutter release lag. If so, then why contribute to the > discussion? Let the people who ARE interested talk about it, the rest of > us can do what we always do when faced with these types of posts on the > LUG; delete them. > > Stated without any intentional (or unintentional) malice, > > dan c. > > At 05:29 AM 06-08-03 -0700, Ted Grant wrote: > >Hi Mike, > >But I never knew any of this stuff until it started to appear on the LUG. In > >my life as a photojournalist I've not ever related to these kinds of things > >and I've either been the luckiest shooter in the world in not knowing it and > >yet capturing some very compelling moments in sports, wild life and people. > > > >So reading about it and obviously it appears it's a big deal for some folks, > >I just can't fathom what the heck the big deal is knowing it. > > > >I understand what Doug Herr said when he explained about the effect of LAG > >in the type of photography he's a master at. But if one never knew that > >"release lag existed" and still captured award winning moments does it make > >any difference knowing it or not knowing it? > >[snip] > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html