Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The party line is that since it's a different sensor, it does not give true exposure or white balance etc. etc. Of course, now with the mirrorless system, it does even better! And I believe at least one of the newer Sony Alpha also uses a secondary sensor. On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 9:57 PM, Gary Todoroff <datamaster at northcoastphotos.com> wrote: > Likewise, Ted. Lag-time was something I never thought of until some of the > early digital cameras. I just posted the thoughts below on the MyOlympus > e-list this week, bemoaning the fact of unacceptable shutter lag-time on > every live-view DSLR they have made since the E-330: > > "For my money, the real revolution at Olympus was with the E-330 (can > it be almost four years ago already?) and its second sensor for live > view with immediate shutter response (Mode A). I'll never understand > why Olympus abandoned their own revolution. The first time I had a > chance to try Live View shooting on [the newer] E-30 was at a carnival. The > camera owner and I bent over the flipped-out LCD screen, our body > language implying that we were studying the camera as I framed a > candid portrait shot just a couple feet away. "Ah, there is the look > I'm waiting for" - click. Then clack,clack, click . . . the person > had already moved half way out of the frame by the time the shutter fired!" > > Every other DSLR with Live View uses the main image sensor to display the > Live View image on the LCD. I can sometimes be prophetic out to about an > eight of a second, but the lag-time in Live View (except on the E-330) is > unacceptable. The Decisive Moment is gone by the time the shutter actually > fires after all that mirror clicking and clacking. And anyone who thinks > today that Live View with a flip-screen is just a gimmick would have > thought > that the M3 was just another camera 60 years ago! > > Gary Todoroff > -- // richard m: richard @imagecraft.com // portfolio: <http://www.dragonsgate.net/pub/richard/PICS/AnotherCalifornia> blog: http://rfman.wordpress.com // book: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/745963