If you press the shutter 1/2 way and let the camera autofocus and set exposure, shutter release is nearly instantaneous.
Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jostein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 3:06 PM Subject: Re: *ist D and Flash > Here's some experience with the Optio S: > > In dumb mode, the camera takes a good while between button pressed and > picture taken. Sometimes as much as 1,5 seconds. > Turn off the AF, and the time goes down noticeably. > Add a setting of the white balance to something other than Auto, and the > time is again noticeably reduced. > No rigid numbers for you, but the effect is definately there. Seems like the > camera reads the chip three times; for white balance, AF and for shooting. > > Jostein > ----------------------------- > Pictures at: http://oksne.net > ----------------------------- > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert Gonzalez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 6:42 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. :) > > > > > > > > > > Herb Chong wrote: > > > you don't need to speculate and you don't need to read any specs. use a > high > > > end P&S digital camera and measure. everything other than AF time is too > > > small to measure reliably by a stopwatch run by a person. > > > > > > Herb.... > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Robert Gonzalez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 11:37 AM > > > Subject: Re: *ist D and Flash > > > > > > > > > > > >>Do we know this for sure, i.e. times for individual events like > > >>auto-focus, sensor-clear, etc., from some technical spec, or are we just > > >>speculating? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
