I just purchased a Canon SD900 but the shutter lag time is driving me nuts! I'm thinking of reselling it on ebay and purchasing a Leica C-Lux 1 or 2 instead. Does anyone have any tips or advice with the Leica's? I tend to be slightly picky with my digital cameras as the shutter lag must be fairly non-existant, the lcd must be large and I'm neutral on the viewfinder option, I prefer rechargeable li-ion battery packs, sleek pocket-size, and excellent close-ups (macro mode) and scenic (infinity) as well as portraits, etc. I had a 5mp Casio QV-R51 that was surprisingly took better pictures than the Casio Exilim S600 and now this Canon SD900 *shakes head*. The Canon SD630 I recently had was up there and beat out this SD900 but I'm quite dissatisfied with the shutter lag. Any input, ideas, or tips, etc. or another suggested model for about $300? Any info will be greatly appreciated! Thanks alot! -S I'm sorry to hear that you are not happy with your SD900, as I really like mine. Here's my stock answer about shutter lag:
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. If you use the continuous shooting mode for a burst of 4 or 5 shots, there will be no pre-focus in between those shots. For most point and shoot cameras, this will give you 1.5-to-2 frames per second, but you can't use flash.
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.
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. You will not see any DSLR's listed, because they have no shutter lag. If you click on the column heading, such as "One Shot," the chart will sort according to that measurement.
http://www.cameras.co.uk/html/shutter-la...
Here's a list of five good cameras with brief shot-to-shot delays of less than 1.5 seconds (in good light) each: http://www.cnet.com.au/digitalcameras/ca...
Canon Powershots SD850-IS and SD750, Sony Cybershots DSC-T100 and DSC-W55, Kodak Easyshare C875. I really believe buying a camera is an individual choice.
The person needs to read alot of reviews on cameras and learn as much as they can from the internet.
Go to the store and hold them and try them to see what they feel like and how they take pictures.
I can only give a suggestion of what to look for in a new digital camera.
Good Luck
my suggestion
go to yahoo shopping
digital cameras
digital camera GUIDE
be sure to check titles on the left side
the guide should answer your questions |
