Lag Time on P/S

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  • 01-18-2006, 12:22 PM
    cecesdada
    Lag Time on P/S
    Which P/S has the shortest lag time? I am looking for something 5 MP and larger with a really fast lag time and a decent burst rate.

    So far, the best I have found is the Nikon Coolpix 8800 at .4 sec. There seem to be a lot of them around .6 sec.

    Thank you,

    Jason
  • 01-18-2006, 01:19 PM
    SmartWombat
    Re: Lag Time on P/S
    That seems a long lag time.
    If you set the exposure manually, and focus manually, then you ought to be able to get rid of a lot of that time - and importantly have the lag the same for each photo.

    My P&S Minolta A2 has a Shutter-release time lag: 0.05 s
    Nearly 10x faster than your Coolpix - did you mis-type that .4s ?
  • 01-20-2006, 06:53 AM
    Michael Fanelli
    Re: Lag Time on P/S
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by cecesdada
    Which P/S has the shortest lag time? I am looking for something 5 MP and larger with a really fast lag time and a decent burst rate.

    So far, the best I have found is the Nikon Coolpix 8800 at .4 sec. There seem to be a lot of them around .6 sec.

    Thank you,

    Jason
    Try prefocusing. This is what photographers did before AF existed. The lag time is with the AF system. I have taken excellent sports action shots with my relatively old Canon S400.