i have no idea where you read that there is any sensor cleaning going on in a P&S digital camera. there isn't any camera out there without a removeable lens that needs sensor cleaning. as for AF delay, take a picture in AF mode and take picture in MF mode. that's all you need to know. anything else is pure BS.
Herb.... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Gonzalez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 12:42 PM Subject: Re: *ist D and Flash > Yes, I know we can measure the whole thing. But we know diddly squat > about how that time is broken up. We *are* just speculating. I've > never seen anyone post a link to a manufacturers site that shows the > breakdown. There have been numerous opinions on this list, some that > say most of the time is taken up by the sensor clearing, some that say > that its the AF that is taking up all the time, some that say its > something else. If you set one of those things on a tripod and keep > taking pictures of something at a fixed distance, the shutter lag seems > to be the same, without knowing what the mechanism/algorithm breakdown > is, everyone's guess is as good as anyone else's. It could also just be > the digital processor. These cheaper P&S's may not have the processing > power that the better cameras have and this may slow down the whole > process. And that is speculation also. :)
