The shutter lag is worst when you use the LCD screen for viewfinding, because the sensor has to switch off video mode and switch on still mode before the frame capture. That's why a good optical viewfinder is a desirable feature, so you can avoid putting the sensor into video mode in the first place. The AF speed varies considerably from one camera to another, mostly according to the mass of the focusing group in the lens (big lens = slow AF, small lens = fast AF). There's also a big difference between wide-angle focusing speed and telephoto focusing speed, even with the same lens. To get the shortest delay you either use MF (hard to do when the controls are buried in a menu) or prefocus via a half shutter press. As some cameras have AF lock and AE lock bound together in the half shutter press this can be a problem at times.
Regards, Anthony Farr > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Paul Stenquist > Sent: Tuesday, 17 June 2008 8:13 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Six NYC pics on R-D1 > > The deal killer is the shutter delay. In truth, I think the Leica is > a clone of the Panasonic. > Paul > -- 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.
