I got to play with a Canon Powershot G9 last weekend. Shutter delay wasn't an issue. Admittedly most of the time I wouldn't have noticed it, anyway - I was half-pressing the shutter to see which AF point it was choosing (a habit I've got into with my DSLRs; although I generally have the AF set to "select", not to "auto", it's too easy to nudge the four-way controller with my nose). Once the AF is done, even my ancient Powershot G1 was quite responsive. But I did try a couple of shots where I just pointed-and-clicked, and found it to be quite speedy.
On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 06:13:13AM -0400, Paul Stenquist wrote: > The deal killer is the shutter delay. In truth, I think the Leica is > a clone of the Panasonic. > Paul > On Jun 17, 2008, at 3:43 AM, Anthony Farr wrote: > > > Steve Desjardins asked: > > "Someone mentioned that some of the P&S cameras are starting to > > fill the > > niche rangefinders used to have. I'm not agreeing with this, but > > what is > > the highest quality P&S you can get?" > > > > A quick trawl of DPR's database got me these: > > http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Sigma/sigma_dp1.asp is a > > large sensor > > compact. > > > > http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Ricoh/ricoh_grdigital2.asp is > > the > > latest digital version of the cultish GR series. > > > > http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Nikon/nikon_cpp5100.asp & > > http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Canon/canon_g9.asp are > > Nikon's and > > Canon's highest spec versatile compacts. > > > > http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Fujifilm/fujifilm_F100fd.asp is > > Fujifilm's latest in the cultish F**fd series. > > > > http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Leica/leica_dlux3.asp is a > > very nice > > compact Leica. There's a clone Panasonic but I don't know its name. > > > > Mostly the cameras I chose are not ultra compact and usually have > > redeeming > > features to deserve cult status, such as exceptional low light > > performance, > > a good wide angle lens, good manual controls, good viewfinders (not > > just the > > rear LCD), RAW file saving, or they just look good. If a camera > > doesn't > > tick all the boxes it will be outstanding in one or more of the other > > criteria. > > > > It's not a definitive list, just my feelings. > > > > Regards, > > Anthony Farr. > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > > and follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
