Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Larry Kopitnik wrote: > >>>>>>>>>> > I was just looking at a table which showed the release time lag for the EOS > 1N, EOS 3, and EOS A2e. They were 55ms, 64ms, 105ms respectively. > > 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. > <<<<<<<<<<< > > >From Popular Photography's test of the R8, published in their July, 1997 > issue, under the heading "System Time Lag": "Tested with 50 mm f/1.4 lens > at EV12, aperture-priority mode at f/5.6. Time between pressing shutter > button and actual exposure is commendably short at 125 ms." > > Other Pop Photo time lag test results for comparison: > Canon EOS 1N: 229 ms (doesn't specify Manual Focus or Auto Focus) > Canon EOS Elan IIE: 210.5 ms (specifies this is in MF) > Contax AX: 80 ms in MF, 430 ms in AF > Contax RTS III: 70 ms > Contax G2: 160 ms in MF, 180 ms in AF > Nikon F100: 140 ms (doesn't specify AF or MF) > Nikon F5: 72 ms in MF, 330 ms in AF What do a few millisecond more or less do. What about the real time lag. The one from the eyes, via the brain, to the finger on the release button? Regards, Horst Schmidt