Shutter speed on 8-10MP digital cameras...?

8-10 MP digital cameras...which has the fastest shutter speed?
I just bought a Kodak V1003 10MP and I am disappointed with the time it takes to capture the photo after I press the button AND, I really thought it would reset inbetween photos quicker. Just wondering if this is as good as it gets for this price range, or should I return this camera and get something different. My budget is $300 or less. Thanks!

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.

OK. Good luck! Check out that chart and see what you come up with. Report It

There is shutter speed (1/500th of a second, 1/1000th of a second, etc.) and there is shutter lag.

You are talking about shutter lag. All compact digital camera have shutter lag, some just more than others.

To avoid it you have to spend the money for a DSLR camera. Link below and remember you will also have to buy a lens.

canons go really fast
go to canonusa.com
see what you like
then go from there

High megapixels have nothing to do with shutter speed or shutter lag. All compact cameras have shutter lag. Only SLR's have no shutter lag.