Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/06

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Shutter lag
From: walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)
Date: Fri Oct 6 17:40:22 2006
References: <C14C62B8.1686D%bd@bdcolenphoto.com>

B.D.

Shutter lag or lack there of would be a good subject for 
contests/discussions. I think it is very evident in digitals and 
slrs....That's one of the main reasons I prefer rangefinders.

fast finger wally

B. D. Colen wrote:

>Well, Larry, when I shoot families I shoot kids - all ages - and I have yet
>to blow shots due to shutter lag - using the E-1, 500, and 330 (mostly the
>E-1 and 330), although I've certainly blown some because I'm not quick
>enough. :-)
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>On 10/6/06 5:56 PM, "Lawrence Zeitlin" <lrzeitlin@optonline.net> wrote:
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>>On Oct 6, 2006, at 5:04 PM, lug-request@leica-users.org wrote:
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>>>Lawrence Zeitlin wrote:
>>>      
>>>
>>>>Still, the lag between pressing the trigger and my DSLR actually
>>>>taking the picture made many of the shots unusable. In sports
>>>>photography the key is anticipating the action and clicking the
>>>>trigger just before the peak. But I defy anyone to predict the motion
>>>>of an active three year old.
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>>>>
>>>Larry,
>>>
>>>What DSLR are you using?  On my 1DII and older 1D the shutter lag is
>>>nil.  I have never had an issue with this.  Maybe on some lower end
>>>DSLR's from a few years ago but I thought the newer cameras had pretty
>>>much done away with that.
>>>      
>>>
>>I'm using an Olympus E-500, but I got an annoying lag using the E-330
>>and a new Canon DSLR. But perhaps my tolerance for shutter lag is
>>lower than most. I never had a problem using the Leica or a Olympus
>>OM 1 or 4 SLR. I guess it must be due to the focus time. Next time
>>I'll try the manual focus mode and see if it helps. The shortest
>>shutter lag times I ever experienced were on between the lens shutter
>>cameras like the Rollei 35 and the Kodak Medalist.
>>
>>Larry Z
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