Paul - Agonising over fps is what the marketing guys want you to do, right up there with obssesing about fake megapixel ratings. Get yourself to a store, try the D40, if you like it, buy it. The D70 is yesterday's great camera, not today's.
Check this for more: http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/recommended-cameras.htm DSLR shutter lag is negligible; however, only the high-end digital cameras come up to the response of mechanical cameras. If you make your rent money shooting, you will notice even infinitesimal lag; if not, probably not. There is no practical difference between 3fps and 2.5fps. Chad --- On Wed, 6/4/08, Paul Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Paul Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [CGUYS] DSLR question (was over shooting > To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM > Date: Wednesday, June 4, 2008, 8:24 PM > Camera newbie question. I hate shutter lag in > digital cameras. The frames per > second rate in the Nikon D70 3 fps > whereas the D40 specs claims 2.5 fps. > Given that the D40 is about $500 less, how > adequate (e.g. for shooting pictures of one's > children) is the D40's shooting rate? -Paul > Meyer > > Checkout One Laptop Per Child project laptop.org > > --- On Wed, 5/28/08, Richard P. > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Richard P. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [CGUYS] over shooting > To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM > Date: Wednesday, May 28, 2008, 1:32 PM > > I was referring to point-and-shoot digital cameras that > have the lag. > It's good to know that DSLR's don't have this > issue, but until > their > price gets down to a more reasonable level, I'll have > to wait. Thanks > for the clarification. > > Richard P. > > > > Are we talking DSLR's or point and shoot > Digitals? > > > > With a DSLR, the shutter lag is practically > non-existent. I shoot with > > a Nikon D70 DSLR that I use for everything from > sports, racing, > > weddings, fires, etc. > > > > With a point-and-shoot digital, the shutter lag > can be very frustrating. > > I used one every now and then and have found you > have to anticipate the > > shot - get the focal point preset and wait for the > action to come to > > you. Of course it's easier for racing > photography than for a football > > game. :-) > > > > Larry > > > > > > The digital shutter lag is something I was never > able to overcome. By > > the time the camera had figured out that it was > taking a picture, the > > moment was over. Now I use digital for primarily > still/staged shots. If > > I capture "a moment" in digital, it is > more often accidental, as > opposed > > > > to a mechanical shutter which one could anticipate > and depend upon. > > > > Richard P. > > > > > > > > > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, > archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at > http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, > archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at > http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
