I am looking for an affordable digital camera that operates like the good ole 35mm did. Is this too much to ask? Do all digital cameras have such a delay?
HELP!!!!!
2006-07-14 06:48:46 · 11 answers · asked by elwood120 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Cameras
A lot of digis have this problem of shutter lag, and it's true dslr's do better than point and shoot models. There is a trick you can use on most to help though. Many digis have you press and hold the shutter release button half way down first before you take a picture. this function causes the camera to get its exposure settings and whatever else before it actually takes the picture. if you press and hold the shutter release half way down, it will save these settings, and then when you depress the shutter release all the way your lag time will be nothing in comparison. It takes a little practice, and you have to learn to anticipate your pictures a little more, but it does work.
2006-07-15 14:25:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Shutter speed has been a concern in many digicams for a while. Every year it improves, and some cameras are faster than others.
Digital SLR's are the fastest, but others are catching up. My 2005 Sony H1 takes 4/10 sec. in good light to focus, set exposure, capture and record. Most of that time is to focus and set exposure.
If you are comparing to a 35mm SLR, you probably did the focus and exposure setting yourself before pushing the shutter button. So you really should compare only against about 1/10 sec.
If you had a point and shoot 35 mm, it did an automatic focus and set exposure faster than the digitals. But they used simpler methods and didn't always do a good job.
Recording the image to the memory card is part of the time difference. Recording to film was instantaneous. Not so with memory cards (although now you can get faster cards).
The perceived lag is less if you follow the procedure to push the button down 1/2 way, and wait for the camera to focus and set exposure. Then when you push it down the rest of the way, it will seem pretty instantaneous.
You may be more satisfied with a 2006 camera. Ask at a good camera for ones with the lowest shutter lag. Or look at d-SLR's.
Good Luck
2006-07-14 15:10:29 · answer #2 · answered by fredshelp 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The compacts generally have 1/10 of a second shutter delay. The compacts also all have electronic viewfinders, which causes an additional delay to the eyepiece - before you even press the shutter. And finally, the all have a pretty sloooww auto focus.
If you want a responsive camera, you'll have to get a digital SLR. I upgraded to one earlier this year & couldn't be happier.
2006-07-14 14:44:39 · answer #3 · answered by OMG, I ♥ PONIES!!1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Canon has the best options. Try out some of the powershot models at you rlocal retailer, and compare them with some of the others Kodak, and Nikon. The Canon digic processor is really fast, and on the right setting (action, for my cats) it seems just like a filmed camera to me. Plus there are aperature settings and other semi-advanced settings you can tweak to make it a little faster.
2006-07-14 15:01:04 · answer #4 · answered by offsuit57 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can look at review sites to determine shutter speeds, there are a number of options. I recently got an Canon Powershot SD450 (elph) which I am very happy with, and I searched looking for particularly that feature. It is about $250 now. It takes pictures much faster than my older one. Of course, without flash it is slower. Red eye also slows it down but you can turn that off.
2006-07-14 14:17:42 · answer #5 · answered by panthy2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah Switch of the Red eye Reduction, but the focusing consumes some time But hope fully it fraction of seconds only ,but the canon and nikon cameras does very faster compared to others as far as my knowledge.
if still you are not satisfied you got to change over to digital slr only.
2006-07-14 16:54:37 · answer #6 · answered by hemanth k 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
almost every digital camera will operate like a 35mm camera, you just have to go into the settings menu and change certain options
2006-07-14 13:51:27 · answer #7 · answered by Kryztal 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will have to spend in excess of $1000 to eliminate shutter delay on a digital
2006-07-14 13:50:29 · answer #8 · answered by iamchadzdad 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not all have that delay. Mine doesn't! I have a Nikon D70. Nice and fast!!!
2006-07-14 16:57:25 · answer #9 · answered by Terisu 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
kodak easy shares are really bad about lagging. i have missed so many good pictures because of it
2006-07-14 13:50:53 · answer #10 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋