[Leica] M9, lag time, perception and other things

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (tedgrant at shaw.ca)]

I will make only one comment as I find this re-action-lag time rather 
interesting.

I must say until this particular conversation, at no time in 60 years as a 
professional photographer have I ever ever related to any form of lag time. 
Only because I was never aware of it, nor that it existed. Nobody told me, 
therefore it did not exisit!

Now I'm not going to say it doesn't happen. I think much of this may be a 
situation of... "TO EACH HIS OWN!"

Simply because, what if you never knew it ever existed and people still made 
incredible positive remarks about your photography, books were published 
selling many thousands of copies. And yet within the camera, there was a 
considered delay by some users?

Does this mean everything given of praise is suspect? Or does it mean to 
each his own and some react faster, therefore the delay is not a problem? 
Other than that of one or two photographers? Or does it matter, that some 
have an incredible re-action time therefore eliminating the suggested delay 
factor of the camera?

I don't think this can be answered simply. Some of us have evolved with an 
incredible sense of re-action time, therefore we have an innate sense of 
tripping the shutter before, while others may still be thinking about it?
I don't believe it's an easy subject to discuss simply becauase there are so 
many variables to make a concrete decision and it should be left .... "TO 
EACH HIS OWN!"

cheerrs,
ted