[Leica] Links for X-1 Luminous Landscape and Reid Review's Reviews

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

I've gone and tried both the LX3 and GF1 with all the systems as 
direct as possible, ie, manual focus etc. The two cameras feel 
equally quick to me, with both having a small lag that is more than 
an M, film or digital. I should maybe try to take a picture of a fast 
moving hand on a stopwatch, but those are my impressions.

Neither camera is slow enough to bother me after getting used to it, 
but as in all cases, you do have to get used to it and adjust your 
shooting to best catch peak moments.

As usual, the main culprit in causing lag is the autofocus. The GF1 
autofocus is actually very fast, but the main problem is that as with 
all autofocus systems, you don't know how long it's going to take, 
and so you can't anticipate properly.



At 8:07 PM -0800 11/12/09, H. Ball Arche wrote:
>Does sensor size has anything to do with it?
>
>If AF is turned off, and live view LCD is turned off, and exposure 
>is in constant monitor TTL and updating, then there are no systems 
>that have to kick up on depressing the button; nothing that has to 
>be figured out to slow down the shot. You're just flipping the 
>switch on the shutter.
>
>Larger or smaller angles, distances, dimensions can't affect the 
>duration of calculations that aren't happening in the first place, 
>it seems to me.
>
>
>----- Original Message ----
>From: Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com>
>To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>Sent: Thu, November 12, 2009 8:53:44 PM
>Subject: Re: [Leica] Links for X-1 Luminous Landscape and Reid 
>Review's Reviews
>
>>  huh.
>>
>>  Like I said a couple of weeks ago, I get absolutely no lag with 
>>the LX3 - but
>>  that's with 1) manual focus engaged, and 2) the camera set to 'external
>>  viewfinder' , which powers off the LCD - great for stealth and saving
>>  batteries, aside from getting off the instantaneous shot.
>>
>>  "immediately after auto-focus" is achieved is not immediately. F8 
>>and don't be
>>  late!
>
>
>Though your LX3 is Minox format and the X1 is half frame.
>Your normal lens is a 9.23mm. That's the diagonal.
>
>The diagonal for a half frame or APS-C is near 28.
>
>So Its not apples and oranges
>Its apricots and cantaloupes.
>
>
>
>Mark William Rabiner


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