Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/08

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Real M7 discussion of lag time
From: Christer Almqvist <chris@almqvist.net>
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 14:56:15 +0100
References: <B8ADF92E.30E7%telyt@earthlink.net>

>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
>  >


Nathan,
I see you are getting rid of your own Richoh GR. Understandable move. 
Haven't missed mine since it broke down and I did not have it 
repaired.
Chris

>
>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.
>
>
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