Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/10

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Subject: re: [Leica] R8 Shutter release time lag
From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <ramarren@bayarea.net>
Date: Sun, 10 Oct 1999 01:31:10 -0700
 
I seem to recall Norman Goldberg measured the Leica M6 with 17ms and the 
Minox 35GT with an amazing 4ms. 

Godfrey

>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