Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Howard, looks like you are having a great time in Bali, I am jealous... I also notice that the M8/9 are slower than my dslr. My theory is it is probably down to size. Whilst it is also likely that the dslrs have more modern chips they are -much- larger. This means room for a bigger battery and more processing power, plus internal temperatures (which increase noise) will probably be less of a problem in the less densely packed slrs. Personally I am happy with this compromise, if this is the reason, since the small size is one of the most important features of the M8/9 for me, and it has never had any effect on my photography. cheers from chilly England, Frank D. On 29 Jan, 2010, at 23:36, H&ECummer wrote: > Hi Luggers, > I have been following the discussion about M8/9 shutter lag with interest. > My M8 seems plenty fast to me - much like my M4 - the last film M that I > possess. > BUT, an area where the digital M's seem slow is in image processing. > Henning alluded to this in his post. > If you take three or four pictures in quick succession - (like in a > panorama - or tracking motor > bikes - see my Bali pictures) the processor in my M8 grinds away for > several seconds processing > the shots - before you can take any more. This doesn't really cramp my > shooting style because I don't > usually shoot machine gun style with the M8 - but it is annoying when > compared with the Nikon D700 > where the processor is big enough to continuously shoot about 40 frames > and I have never > been able to choke the camera. When I borrowed the M9 for a day in Seattle > at the LHSA meeting > I found its processing to be even slower than the processing on my M8 - > and it annoyed me. > Why would Leica use the same processor in a camera with 80% more pixels? > Cheers > Howard > (who likes his M8 despite its foibles and LOVES his D700) > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information