-----Original Message----- > From: Taz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Heiko Hamann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 12:36 AM > Subject: Re: Digital Shutter lag > > > > Hi zcaballero, > > > > on 04 Apr 03 you wrote in pentax.list: > > > > >Do the pentax gigitals have fast working shutter? What > about the new > > >SLR? Will it have a fast shutter? > > > > > > I think most DSLRs are very usable for action > photography. If you want a > > compact digicam, then try the Optio S. Beside its > compactness it is the > > fastest P&S digicam I've seen so far. > > Actually that is one of the most common defects of digitals > including the > DSLRS. The newest and most expensive ones on the market > SUPPOSEDLY have > worked through this problem, but I wonder to what degree > and if your regular > SLR will always have the advantage there. I heard one of > the canons can do > 8 frames/sec now. In order to do that it would seem it > would have to be > really fast.
Most recent DLSR's do ok...they might be a smidgen slower then the film body they're based on, but basically the shutter lag isn't a problem. The 10D feels comparable to the MZ-S to me, more or less. The real problem comes when you outshoot the buffer capacity. tv
