Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, the lag time can be a real problem. As I commented yesterday, when shooting on the street with a Canon G2 I actually tried "leading" my subject.... - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Ken Firestone Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 10:56 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: RE: [Leica] Ted vs "lag time" On Thu, 7 Aug 2003, bdcolen wrote: Ken - After reading your last couple of lines... "I find the auto everything digital cameras frustrating, waiting for them to do all their things, including a 3-4 sec burst of strobe light before making the exposure. Maybe ok for landscapes, and family group shots, but not much else." ...I can only ask why it never occurred to you to read the instructions that came with whatever "auto everything" digital camera you are using. A 3-4 second burst of strobe light? Who in their right mind who is actually trying to take meaningful photos fails to turn off the damn anti-red-eye feature that plagues most modern point-and-shoot film and digital cameras? And who, if they don't want "auto everything," doesn't turn off the features they don't want? Yeah yeah, actually it did, and then the camera reset itself. But even with this little bit of stupidity turned off there is still a lag. And this is true of alot of the point and shoot film cameras as well. And the pro digital cameras are too big, and too expensive. ======================================================================== ==== Ken Firestone, W3CAT | For every problem there is one solution kenf@speakeasy.net | which is simple, neat, and wrong. ken@firestone.net | -- H. L. Mencken ======================================================================== ==== - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html