Sony Cyber-shot 7.2MP Digital Camera - Silver DSC-W80 has shutter speed Auto: 1/4 - 1/1600 sec.; Program: 1 - 1/1600 sec.
Hewlett-Packard Photosmart 7.0-Megapixel Digital Camera has shutter speed of 2 - 1/2000 sec.
Kodak EasyShare 7.0MP Digital Camera has shutter speed of 4 - 1/1400 sec.
Casio EXILIM 8.1MP Digital Camera has a shutter speed of 4 - 1/2000 sec.
Everything sounds too complicated.. what does 4 - 1/2000 sec means???
Thank you! I want a quick camera that captures the moment.. when i hit to take pic the pic is actually taken not 3 or 4 seconds later The shutter speed is how long the shutter is open, from 4 whole seconds to a fraction of a second, such as 1/4000. The opening of the shutter is one way light reaches the film or sensor to expose the image. You are actually looking for a camera with "minimum shutter lag." 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. 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. you are refering to shutter lag not shutter speed. 1/1400, 1/1600 and 1/2000 in that order from fast to faster. The other posters are correct. You are looking for shutter lag. Unfortunately, most ads I see don't mention it. You'll have to go for online reviews. | 