Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>well, if you count the focusing time, the M can have a lag of >several seconds too > >Most Canon EOS series owners I know split off the focus function to >a separate button on the back that falls under the thumb. Focus with >the thumb, AE with half pressure, click. The lag on my 1Ds is >staggeringly small. Certainly of the same order as the M. It'll never be less than or equal to the M. Why? Because reflex cameras will always have a short delay while the mirror goes up and the diaphragm closes down. With SLRs, you'll never see the flash go off and never be sure that Mom didn't close her eyes.* That's the nice advantage of rangefinders. Karen *Canon Pellix and RS systems excluded. - -- Karen Nakamura http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/ - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html