Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 3/7/02 10:28 PM, Nathan Wajsman at wajsman@webshuttle.ch wrote: > Ted, > > You are right that perhaps in the concrete picture-taking situation one should > not think about shutter lag, but it is certainly an issue for me when > evaluating cameras. One of things I love most about my Leica Ms is precisely > their extremely short shutter lag which frees me from having to think about > it. > But when I use my wife's digital camera which of course has an extremely long > lag compared to an M6, I definitely see the effect of this lag--turned heads, > closed eyes, etc. In fact, I never attempt any "decisive moment" type shots > with such cameras because the failure rate is so high. The same with any P&S > autofocus camera. > > I guess Leica has spoiled me in this regard. > > Nathan > There is a "decisive moment" but no "decisive second". The behavior of living things is predictable only in very short time intervals; the longer the interval, the more a person's behavior approaches completely random. I like a short shutter lag. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html