Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/03/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I don't think it is only digital P&S cameras with lag, the film P&S cameras autofocus very slowly too. Setting the effective iso to some value other than automatic and prefocusing normally makes the digitals as fast as the same maker's film P&S. My Canon Ixus 400 is faster than my Nikon 990 was (the Nikon produced good results except where the delay was important - then it was useless). Leica are claiming reduced delay as an important feature of the Digilux 2, I suppose it is simply a function of the motors and sophistication of the electronics. For really fast digital work, or for use in poor light, one needs one of the SLRs. Frank On Monday, March 1, 2004, at 03:50 pm, animal wrote: > The lag time is the major frustration for my friends who have digital > cameras. > A lot buy the latest models cheaply somewhere in the middle or far east > wherever prices are lowest and sell them here in Europe when the models > arrive.So they can buy a new one again with even a little profit. > Especially the young parents often comment how they miss opportunities > for > kid,s shots because of the shutter lag. > Will the digilux 2 do a lot better in that respect? > simon - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html