Shutter delay?

Question

Does anyone know the shutter delay time of these cameras?
1. Canon powershot S5IS
2. Fujifilm finepix S9600
3. Sony H9
4 Nikon D40

Thanks

Sorry, it's shutter lag not shutter delay.
Shutter lag is not in camera specification.

Answer 1

Here's a link showing a chart of various cameras and their shutter lag as well as the time it takes to shoot five frames:
http://www.cameras.co.uk/html/shutter-lag-comparisons.cfm

You will not find the D40 listed, because digital SLR's have virtually no shutter lag at all.

If you pre-focus by pressing the shutter button half-way down while aiming at your subject - or where you anticipate your subject will be when you want to take the picture - it will help considerably. You can set your camera in "Sport" mode or "Scenery" and this will minimize the lag. If you do not use the flash, it will help. If you turn off "face detection," it will help. If you turn off the LCD monitor and use the viewfinder only, it will help.

Some point and shoot cameras are better than others. I have a Canon Powershot SD900 that seems quite fast to me. If you go to http://www.dpreview.com and read the reviews (once they are available for the cameras you are considering), you can go to the page called "Performance" and see exactly what the tested shutter lag is, as well as several other performace benchmarks.

Answer 2

There are two (or three) numbers here. The half press lag, which is generally driven by the AF time, and the half-to-full press lag, which is just to fire the shutter.

AF times typically vary considerably depending on zoom setting, subject distance and contrast/light availability.

Canons typically aren't that fast, but instead, tend to be reliable focusers. Nobody has reviewed the S5IS yet, but I'd put the AF in the 0.3-0.5 sec time frame, and the shutter delay about 0.1 sec (100msec) based on the S3 reviews.

The Fuji will be able to do about 0.25 sec on the AF (in high speed mode) and better than 50 msec for the shutter lag.

Sony's are pretty good as well, and will do between 0.25 and 1.1 sec, depending on zoom, with a 60 or 70 msec response time.

DSLRs are faster to AF as they have an open loop, phase detection focus system. So, they don't spend time hunting for the perfect focus. Typically in the 0.1-0.25 second range, depending on which lens and how far off focus it starts from. Shutter release will be better than 50 msec as well.

Answer 3

This is a great website to find all the information on these cameras you need. Go to www.cnet.com.

Answer 4

go to each of their websites
and read the specs
it will tell you shutter lag and alot more

Answer 5

sophisticated point. search using a search engine. that can help!