Len, Many times the lag is actually caused by autofocus. Most p&s users don't attempt to prefocus. Just at the moment they want to capture, they press the shutter all the way down, causing it to first autofocus and then finally fire. Some p&s cameras have focus lock. Press shutter halfway down, let it focus and then hold it. When the moment arrives press it the rest of the way down. The lag time drops considerably.
Bruce Thursday, December 27, 2001, 4:00:53 PM, you wrote: LP> I don't think I could explain this in technical terms except LP> that there must have been a significant lag between the time the LP> shutter button was pressed and the actual exposure. I guess the LP> pre-flash must have taken too much time or the battery in her LP> camera was kind of low and the lag was caused by the fact that a LP> lot of point-and-shoot cameras won't fire until the flash is LP> ready. Since you weren't using flash, the shutter fired LP> immediately for you. That's my guess. LP> My comment about red eye reduction was just a feeble attempt at LP> humor, as evidenced by the winky smiley face at the end of my LP> post. Such stuff is not intended to be taken seriously. LP> Len LP> --- LP> ----- Original Message ----- LP> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> LP> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> LP> Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 3:18 PM LP> Subject: RE: Problem with Preflash >> A few weeks ago, my family was at a Hanukkah party. As a line LP> of children bent below a bar in a limbo contest, my wife and I LP> stood ready to photograph our 11-year-old daughter. My wife used LP> her Olympus Stylus Epic, with the preflash on (by default); I LP> used a Pentax Super Program, 800-speed film, an SMC 35/2K lens LP> at f/2.8, and no flash. As our daughter passed beneath the bar, LP> we pressed the shutter releases. >> >> The pictures came in last week. My shot shows our daughter LP> straining below the bar. My wife's shows the girl behind her. >> >> --Paul Stregevsky >> >> Leonard Paris wrote: >> >> Red eye reduction systems work with a pre flash and I guess LP> that is why they >> are so successful. Subject blinks, eyes are closed for main LP> flash. Voila! >> No red eye. ;-) >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------- LP> ------ >> mail2web - Check your email from the web at >> http://mail2web.com/ . >> - >> This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To LP> unsubscribe, >> go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't LP> forget to >> visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . LP> - LP> This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, LP> go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to LP> visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
