Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/06

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Subject: [Leica] Marty, shutter lag in digital M
From: jon.streeter at cox.net (jon.streeter)
Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2012 11:42:16 -0800

We all have our own experience, of course.  What I'm talking about is my 
own, no one else's.  It is possible that this applies only to me.

Here's what I'm talking about:  the capability of the machine to do the work 
and allow me to just compose and shoot in those instances where any kind of 
adjustment -- focusing a lens, setting an aperture, or setting a shutter 
speed, not to mention taking a light reading or balancing red triangles -- 
would mean missing a shot.  The whammoflexes allow one to wheel about, this 
way and that, shooting into the dark, then into the light, then framing a 
brightly lit subject in a field of darkness, zooming in and out to compose 
to one's tastes.  The machinery does the grunt work, and I do the thinking, 
and, when I want to shoot manually, of course, the DSLRs cooperate 
magnificently.


Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone

----- Reply message -----
From: "Henning Wulff" <henningw at archiphoto.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Subject: [Leica] Marty, shutter lag in digital M
Date: Tue, Nov 6, 2012 10:21 am



On 2012-11-06, at 2:46 AM, jon.streeter wrote:

> However, for other situations, 
> so-called street photography or candid weddings for example, in which 
> changing light and situations require refocusing and changing camera 
> settings, my Canon 20D and 5D have been very close to the answer to my 
> dreams.  


Having had and used both the 5D and 20D, I find this strange as the 
responsiveness of the M8 and 9 have certainly been better than that of the 
Canons.


Henning Wulff
henningw at archiphoto.com





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