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 > > 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. > > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- Christer Almqvist D 20255 Hamburg and / or F 50590 Regnéville sur Mer - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html