Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I finally decided that the thing that bothers me the most about digital photography isn't resolution or dynamic range or high ASA noise. It's shutter lag. We had three of our grandchildren over for the weekend, all hyperactive little girls 2 and three years old. My reflexes are still very fast for an old codger and I cut my photographic teeth on shooting the rapidly moving sports of soccer and hockey. Still, the lag between pressing the trigger and my DSLR actually taking the picture made many of the shots unusable. In sports photography the key is anticipating the action and clicking the trigger just before the peak. But I defy anyone to predict the motion of an active three year old. This led to the fomulation of Larry's Law of child photography: Photographing one child is easy. Photographing two children in the same frame is difficult. Photographing three children in the same frame is impossible. I never had a problem with shutter lag with my M3 Leicas. Does the M8 have a comparably short time between pressing the trigger and getting the exposure? No puffery now. I want real straight information. Larry Z