[Leica] Marty, shutter lag in digital M

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

Very few P&S cameras did not have extreme lag issues. Leica was very strict
about its Panasonics making sure those were not lagged. They almost stood
alone.  Even its first Fuji digital did not have a lag issue.
But you got to turn the pre flash off and a few other unnecessary whistles
and lasers. Or the cows will come home before the thing goes off.

Mark William Rabiner
Photography
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/


> From: John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2012 03:15:15 +0000
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Marty, shutter lag in digital M
> 
> Indeed, P&S cameras are the only ones I have really noticed a shutter lag 
> on -
> although the golf swing example was a scenario I have never shot ;-)
> 
> john
> 
> -----Original Message-----
>  On Behalf Of Bill Pearce
> 
> When shooting film, I used a 'blad almost daily. Mine has taken a really 
> lot
> of photos of construction workers, and never a lag problem there. 
> Schlepped it
> and a few lenses up a safety cage ladder in a refinery several times and it
> seemed lighter than my D3 and lenses that I used later. Oh, hand held?
> never a problem.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Rabiner
> 
> The slowest decisive moment time lag goes to Hasselblad in which 57 actions
> have to happen before the exposure finally happens.
> On the long list magazines used to run when they got into this topic like 
> when
> the "Real Time" Contax RTS came out the Hasselblad was decimal points away
> slower from all the rest.
> This never stopped it from being the official wedding camera used by the 
> top
> people for many decades with a flash. And also used in commercial fashion 
> and
> catalog situations where getting the decisive moment was very much part of 
> the
> program.
> A wedding is like shooting a war. Things are flying and happening fast. If 
> you
> can shoot a wedding you can shoot anything. Shooting weddings used to prime
> all my reflexes for shooting some photojournalism  I'd do in Portland and
> street shooting before I switched from Nikon to Hasselblad.
> I don't think I ever lost a shot becuae of that switch.
> It might take three times longer for the exposure to happen. But as Ted 
> says I
> think you just learn to anticipate.
> So its really not just about shutter lag. Its nice when its fast but no big
> deal when its not. Kind of just like the loudness issue.
> If it was people would have never gone from Leica to SLR's in the 60's.
> I think the only thing which came close to competing with Leica M's shutter
> lag wise was a twin lens Rolleiflex. I think I shot two weddings with mine.
> Really awkward getting the flash on and off and changing film.
> 
> 
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