On Wed, 22 Oct 2003, Dave Miers wrote: > The previous posts regarding LCD delay reminded me of one of my > major concerns wth Digital Cameras. Both digitals I've owned so far > have a very aggravating shutter delay. Timing your shot and getting > the moment can be a very aggravating problem. Anticipating the > moment is difficult enough without having to factor in shutter lag. > Can some of you that own the *ist D comment on this camera's > performance in regard to shutter lag?
It is no worse than the ZX-5n that I own or other modern film SLRs. One thing which make shutter lag bad on P&S cameras is that the CCD in them is always live, updating the LCD. When it is time to take the picture they need to turn off the CCD for a short amount of time to let it clear it's registers and go completely black. The picture is then taken. The *ist D has no live preview CCD so there is not this source of lag. The AF is also faster than most P&S digital cameras. You can usually see why the CCD needs to be cleared on a p&S digital camera if you point it at a bright light while using live preview. Often you'll get streaking around the light where the CCD is overloaded. When you snap the final picture the streaking is gone. alex
