Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/06

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Digital angst - shutter lag
From: henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)
Date: Fri Oct 6 15:31:21 2006
References: <200610061440.k96EdPwE022275@server1.waverley.reid.org><903EF2C9-3C2C-463F -AD34-478C1AB006F1@optonline.net> <6.1.0.6.2.20061006133314.0594ba60@192.168.100.42> <001101c6e993$687748b0$0a01a8c0@MacPhisto>
 
>2 of my dSLR's are faster than the F5 film camera when it comes to shutter
>lag. The F5 was considered the fastest film camera.
>
>Chris

The fastest "SLR with moveable mirror", not the fastest film camera.

If I turn off autofocus on the 5D or 20D, lag is negligible, and in 
practice in the same range as that of the M's. Setting exposure to 
manual helps very slightly as well.

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In reply to: Message from richard-lists at imagecraft.com (Richard) ([Leica] Re: Digital angst - shutter lag)
Message from leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Christopher Williams) ([Leica] Re: Digital angst - shutter lag)