Carol, That "delay" is by no means universal in digital cameras. I've heard that more expensive cameras are much faster. The low-end cameras have a noticeable delay, which is a pain if you're not ready for an 'action shot.' (If you are ready, then you can tap the shutter button a couple times to make sure the camera doesn't 'sleep' while you're waiting.) I also noticed that my camera slowed down a bit when I changed from a 16M card to a 256M card. A friend who specializes in pet and animal photography says that her digital cameras don't have this lag, but her cameras are a lot more expensive than mine.
Avital, still without a computer at home and wondering whether to subscribe her hassidic rabbi/computer technician to Arachne just to annoy him..... On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 14:56:40 -0000, Carol Adkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So far, though, I have found only one drawback! No. 1 Grandson, Dylan aged > eight, had a bike last Christmas, and I wanted to take a picture of him > zooming towards me. So far so good - I thought I caught him perfectly, as > he whizzed towards me but, forgetting that there is a miniscule delay when > the button is pressed to when the photo is caught, all I ended up with was a > lovely, clear picture of the towpath - not even the blur of speed as Dylan > sailed past! I am gradually getting to grips with this slight delay, but > it does take a time to acclimatise to that! > > But - even though I used to use my husband'd very posh Nikon 700 (or > whatever) which had the facility to do the *very* close work, and the > umpteen shots in quick succession, as well as lots of lenses to add on to do > all sorts of everything, I think I am happier with the digital - far less > clutter and, with the extra lenses to be screwed on, it is still a lot less > heavy to cart around, and the results are great! > > Carol - in Suffolk UK. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
