If you have a sport setting on your cheap digital camera it has a less of a lag.
On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 9:10 PM, chad evans wyatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paul - > > Agonising over fps is what the marketing guys want you to do, right up there > with obssesing about fake megapixel ratings. Get yourself to a store, try > the D40, if you like it, buy it. The D70 is yesterday's great camera, not > today's. > > Check this for more: http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/recommended-cameras.htm > > DSLR shutter lag is negligible; however, only the high-end digital cameras > come up to the response of mechanical cameras. If you make your rent money > shooting, you will notice even infinitesimal lag; if not, probably not. > There is no practical difference between 3fps and 2.5fps. > > > Chad > > > --- On Wed, 6/4/08, Paul Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> From: Paul Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: [CGUYS] DSLR question (was over shooting >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Wednesday, June 4, 2008, 8:24 PM >> Camera newbie question. I hate shutter lag in >> digital cameras. The frames per >> second rate in the Nikon D70 3 fps >> whereas the D40 specs claims 2.5 fps. >> Given that the D40 is about $500 less, how >> adequate (e.g. for shooting pictures of one's >> children) is the D40's shooting rate? -Paul >> Meyer >> >> Checkout One Laptop Per Child project laptop.org >> >> --- On Wed, 5/28/08, Richard P. >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> From: Richard P. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: [CGUYS] over shooting >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Wednesday, May 28, 2008, 1:32 PM >> >> I was referring to point-and-shoot digital cameras that >> have the lag. >> It's good to know that DSLR's don't have this >> issue, but until >> their >> price gets down to a more reasonable level, I'll have >> to wait. Thanks >> for the clarification. >> >> Richard P. >> >> >> > Are we talking DSLR's or point and shoot >> Digitals? >> > >> > With a DSLR, the shutter lag is practically >> non-existent. I shoot with >> > a Nikon D70 DSLR that I use for everything from >> sports, racing, >> > weddings, fires, etc. >> > >> > With a point-and-shoot digital, the shutter lag >> can be very frustrating. >> > I used one every now and then and have found you >> have to anticipate the >> > shot - get the focal point preset and wait for the >> action to come to >> > you. Of course it's easier for racing >> photography than for a football >> > game. :-) >> > >> > Larry >> > >> > >> > The digital shutter lag is something I was never >> able to overcome. By >> > the time the camera had figured out that it was >> taking a picture, the >> > moment was over. Now I use digital for primarily >> still/staged shots. If >> > I capture "a moment" in digital, it is >> more often accidental, as >> opposed >> > >> > to a mechanical shutter which one could anticipate >> and depend upon. >> > >> > Richard P. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> ************************************************************************* >> ** List info, subscription management, list rules, >> archives, privacy ** >> ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at >> http://www.cguys.org/ ** >> ************************************************************************* >> >> >> ************************************************************************* >> ** List info, subscription management, list rules, >> archives, privacy ** >> ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at >> http://www.cguys.org/ ** >> ************************************************************************* > > > > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > -- John Duncan Yoyo -------------------------------o) ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
