Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]How does one measure 0.08s? 2010/1/28 Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> > The shutter lag of a Leica M3 is 0.016 s (it is the same for the other > mechanical Leica Ms), the M7 is 0.012 s and a Nikon D3 is about 0.041 > s. I've seen various times advertised for the M8/M9 but I > consistently timed my M8s and one of the M9s I trialled at ~0.08 s. > it's six times the mechanical Ms and twice the D3. > > Marty > > On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> > wrote: > > Can any other M9 owners comment on this mentioned shutter lag or is there > a > > technical source to quantify this? > > I have no means of measuring anything and can only comment that I have > never > > noticed any discernible lag at all with my M9 nor my M8. > > A couple of people elsewhere have mentioned this but there has been some > > confusion whether they were referring to travel/feel of the shutter > release > > action, or writing speed to buffer perhaps. > > Knowing Marty I am sure that he has meant shutter lag precisely . > > > > Cheers > > Geoff > > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > > > > On 28 January 2010 10:18, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> If such a thing existed I'd already have one and maybe two, > >> particularly if Leica also decreased the shutter lag. > >> > >> I've used a back for a photomicroscope based on a monochrome sensor > >> for B&W output that was enough to convince me that the dynamic range > >> alone would be enough to convince me. > >> > >> Marty > >> > >> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 6:21 PM, Henning Wulff <henningw at > >> archiphoto.com > > > >> wrote: > >> > From what I've seen of the Kodak 760, I would go for a B&W M9/10. > You'd > >> gain > >> > about 2 stops of sensitivity, 2 stops of dynamic range and also a > >> noticeable > >> > increase in resolution. > >> > > >> > I haven't got an M9, but I would go for a B&W M9 before a colour M9. > >> > > >> > > >> > At 8:37 AM +0100 1/27/10, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > >> >> > >> >> He is suggesting what would likely be a 7000 Euro camera that cannot > >> even > >> >> take a color picture ?! > >> >> > >> >> Good thing he is not in a position of power at Leica, the company > would > >> >> have been bankrupt by now... > >> >> > >> >> Nathan > >> >> > >> >> Nathan Wajsman > >> >> Alicante, Spain > >> >> http://www.frozenlight.eu > >> >> http://www.greatpix.eu > >> >> http://www.nathanfoto.com > >> >> > >> >> Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > >> >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > >> >> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> On Jan 27, 2010, at 8:21 AM, mehrdad wrote: > >> >> > >> >>> http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/hogan-leica.shtml > >> >>> > >> >>> the second article to appear @ luminous that is trying to shape a > new > >> >>> lecia > >> >>> m10 > >> >>> > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > > >> > * Henning J. Wulff > >> > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > >> > /###\ mailto:henningw at archiphoto.com > >> > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > Leica Users Group. > >> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Daniel Tan Taniel.Dan at gmail.com