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

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Subject: [Leica] Marty, shutter lag in digital M
From: robertmeier at usjet.net (Robert Meier)
Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2012 17:51:39 -0600 (CST)
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Marty --

Here is a table of lag times for different cameras from Wikipedia:



Camera  Type    Shutter Lag [ms]
Nikon Coolpix L3        Digital Point and Shoot 1800
Nikon Coolpix S550      Digital Point and Shoot 590
Panasonic DMC Lumix FS20        Digital Point and Shoot 480
Canon PowerShot A590 IS Digital Point and Shoot 350
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W80 Advanced digital Point and Shoot        150
Pentax MZ-50    Amateur 35mm film SLR   120
Konica Minolta Maxxum 7D        Advanced amateur APS-C digital SLR with 
built-in image stabilization    117[1]
Sony NEX-5      Amateur APS-C digital compact camera    115[2]
Minolta Maxxum 9 (de)   Professional 35mm film SLR      90[3]
Leica M8        Professional digital rangefinder        80
Leica M9        Professional full-frame digital rangefinder     80
Sony Alpha DSLR-A850    Professional full-frame digital SLR with built-in 
image stabilization   74[4]
Sony Alpha DSLR-A900    Professional full-frame digital SLR with built-in 
image stabilization   72[5]
Minolta XD-7    Amateur 35mm film SLR   60
Nikon D300s     Amateur APS-C digital SLR       53
Sony Alpha SLT-A77      Advanced amateur APS-C digital SLR-alike with 
built-in image
stabilization and electronic 1st curtain        53[6]
Canon EOS-1D Mark IV    Professional APS-H digital SLR  49
Nikon D3s       Professional full-frame digital SLR     43
Nikon D3x       Professional full-frame digital SLR     40
Canon EOS-1D Mark II    Professional APS-H digital SLR  40
Minolta XE-1    Amateur 35mm film SLR   38
Nikon F6        Professional 35mm film SLR      37
Sony Alpha NEX-5N       Amateur APS-C digital compact camera with electronic 
1st curtain        22[7]
Leica M3        Professional 35mm film rangefinder      16
Leica M7        Professional 35mm film rangefinder      12



On Nov 6, 2012, at 4:11 PM, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> wrote:

> Just to clarify - I don't mean that the lag includes the time to
> focus, I mean once the focus is locked, the lag includes pressing
> through the first detent where the AF engages, to the shutter release
> and then firing.
> 
> There is no industry standard, as far as I can tell, for measuring shutter 
> lag.
> 
> Marty
> 
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