Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted, You are right that perhaps in the concrete picture-taking situation one should not think about shutter lag, but it is certainly an issue for me when evaluating cameras. One of things I love most about my Leica Ms is precisely their extremely short shutter lag which frees me from having to think about it. But when I use my wife's digital camera which of course has an extremely long lag compared to an M6, I definitely see the effect of this lag--turned heads, closed eyes, etc. In fact, I never attempt any "decisive moment" type shots with such cameras because the failure rate is so high. The same with any P&S autofocus camera. I guess Leica has spoiled me in this regard. Nathan > Actually if you don't know anything at all about release lag you'll never > know whether or not it makes any difference, therefore you wont waste time > trying to outthink your human reaction time and have it get in the way of > capturing good action pictures. :-) > > It works like this, "what you don't know wont hurt you." By the same token > knowing something, "shutter release lagtime" can hurt you because you'll > start thinking about that and probably miss more pictures because you're > trying to shoot before the action happens... ERGO... missing the peak > action. > > Heck I never knew there was such a thing after 45 years as a professional > shooter until I began learning things like that on the LUG. And I damn near > screwed up a few shoots when I began thinking........."Now I better watch > for the lagtime and shoot & allow for etc etc etc etc.... more BS!" > > Hell forget it and just shoot by your instinct and re-action, as thinking > about it takes up thought processing time, slowing down your ability to > instantly re-act to the moment without thinking. > ted > > Ted Grant Photography Limited > www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html