But a single time measurement doesn't properly describe shutter lag, since the lag time includes the time for the camera to perform autofocus and declare itself ready. That varies with light level, scene contrast, and other factors. The multiple-photo time presumably includes the time required to write the picture to the camera memory (actually "storage" but that's another story) card and, perhaps, recharge the flash, etc., and is measuring something different. They ought to measure "ready" time between pictures.
Fred Holmes At 09:35 PM 1/19/2010, chad evans wyatt wrote: >Here is some concrete data. Point & Shoots have shutter lag. Even some >prosumer models have it, although greatly lower. My first DSLR, a Nikon d200, >was a sliver slow, much to my surprise. >http://www.cameras.co.uk/html/shutter-lag-comparisons.cfm > >--- On Tue, 1/19/10, Fred Holmes <[email protected]> wrote: > >From: Fred Holmes <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [CGUYS] digital camera shutter lag >To: [email protected] >Date: Tuesday, January 19, 2010, 8:22 PM > >What are they called? How does one determine if a particular camera is one of >them. Spec sheets seem to be short on such information. > >Fred Holmes > >At 07:20 PM 1/19/2010, [email protected] wrote: >> You are, at a minimum, mostly correct. There are a number of other >>cameras, those that are in between point-and-shooters and DSLRs, can >>be controlled in a fashion that often can be used to avoid shutter lag >>problems. >> >> Steve ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
