Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/03/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Simon, With the sutofocus turned off the lag of the II is in the range as a middle range electronic SLR, say 65-80 ms. Turn off the auto exposure and it responds in the M range, quicker than you can blink. With autofocus turned on, shutter lag will be between 65ms and two seconds depending on light conditions, contrast in the target, and the usual suspects. No different than any autofocus camera except the upper end F5, EOS 1V. Don dorysrus@mindspring.com - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of animal Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 10:50 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] OT Digital question 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 > I have gotten free equipment from Olympus: > > That said - Having used all three cameras, I will say the lag time on > the Olympus C5050 or C5060 is shorter than that on the Canon G5 - > obviously not only is it nowhere near the lag time on an M, it's nowhere > near the lag time on a good DSLR, but that's the nature of the digital > p&ses.... The C5050 has an f 1.8 lens, and can be found on sale. > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of > rclompus@cox.net > Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 11:04 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: [Leica] OT Digital question > > > The Canon G5 although not pocketable has an f 2 lens at some focal > lengths. > Try www.dpreview.com - this site has a number of reviews that may > shorten > your search. Nothing has the short shutter lag time of an M6 or even R6 > for > that matter. > > Richard Clompus > > > > From: JCB <jcb@visualimpressions.com> > > Date: 2004/02/29 Sun PM 10:45:44 EST > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > Subject: [Leica] RE: OT Digital question > > > > Contax makes some very pocketable digital cameras that are Zeiss > > sharp! I > > hear nothing but accolades from my colleagues. > > > > JB > > > > > > At 10:25 PM 2/29/2004 -0500, Bill wrote: > > >I'll probably regret this but here goes. If you have no digital > > >desires, quickly hit the DELETE key. > > > > > >She Who Must Be Obeyed just returned from 9 days in Italy. Because > > >of > the > > >nature of the trip, she only brought one camera, an Olympus E10. She > > > >is very happy with the results of this camera but got to wondering if > > > >there > was > > >not something a bit smaller and perhaps more importantly, lighter. > > >Yes I know, the M7 with a lens would be smaller and lighter but not > > >as flexible, and for these trips, she prefers digital anyhow. An R > > >would also be going in the wrong direction, as would our Fuji S2, so > > >the question is, has > anyone > > >used a smaller camera that would produce as good an image as the E10? > I > > >know there are plenty out there with a higher pixel rating but that > > >does > not > > >always translate into better image as we all know. Just by chance I > > >happened to be playing with the new Leica Digilux 2 on Friday. Aside > from > > >hurdle of the 1,850 tag, the Nintendo viewfinder annoys me and there > > >is > the > > >nagging question about others that may perform as well. The new > > >Canon > G5 > > >has received some good 'press' from folks that should know good from > ok. > > >I guess what I'm attempting to do is narrow down the search using the > > > >collective wisdom of those that have actually used a digital that > > >they are happy with the large prints from. Preferably with an > > >optical 4x or larger zoom, a relatively fast lens, and hopefully an > > >optical viewfinder. > > > > > >Thanks in advance for any help. > > >Bill > > > > > >-- > > >To unsubscribe, see > > >http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see > > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html