Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/06

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Shutter lag
From: bd at bdcolenphoto.com (B. D. Colen)
Date: Fri Oct 6 16:45:04 2006

Well, Larry, when I shoot families I shoot kids - all ages - and I have yet
to blow shots due to shutter lag - using the E-1, 500, and 330 (mostly the
E-1 and 330), although I've certainly blown some because I'm not quick
enough. :-)


On 10/6/06 5:56 PM, "Lawrence Zeitlin" <lrzeitlin@optonline.net> wrote:

> 
> On Oct 6, 2006, at 5:04 PM, lug-request@leica-users.org wrote:
> 
>> Lawrence Zeitlin wrote:
>>> 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.
>> Larry,
>> 
>> What DSLR are you using?  On my 1DII and older 1D the shutter lag is
>> nil.  I have never had an issue with this.  Maybe on some lower end
>> DSLR's from a few years ago but I thought the newer cameras had pretty
>> much done away with that.
> 
> 
> I'm using an Olympus E-500, but I got an annoying lag using the E-330
> and a new Canon DSLR. But perhaps my tolerance for shutter lag is
> lower than most. I never had a problem using the Leica or a Olympus
> OM 1 or 4 SLR. I guess it must be due to the focus time. Next time
> I'll try the manual focus mode and see if it helps. The shortest
> shutter lag times I ever experienced were on between the lens shutter
> cameras like the Rollei 35 and the Kodak Medalist.
> 
> Larry Z
> 
> 
> 
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Replies: Reply from walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson) ([Leica] Re: Shutter lag)
In reply to: Message from lrzeitlin at optonline.net (Lawrence Zeitlin) ([Leica] Re: Shutter lag)