I'd have to ask what mode are you in, my experience with the K-x is it does not have significant shutter lag except in LV mode (where the lag is simply awful, LV is almost unusable on the K-x in my experience). It does however have an AF system which struggles in low-light so if you're shooting in AF-S your problem is most likely AF lag rather than shutter lag since the camera is in Focus Priority mode.
One of the major reasons why I chose to sell off my Pentax gear and go Sony was the issue of focus in low-light where I do much of my shooting. The K-x had two issues in really low light, the AF is useless in such situations and the viewfinder isn't quite up to accurate focus in low light at f1.4-2. The G1, which I owned for about a year and a half, had the opposite problem, focus was no issue in low light but I ran out of shutter speed (the E-30 had the same problem as the G1, a functional ISO limit around ISO 2500). Thankfully the A33 solves both problems as it's as easy to focus as the G1 in low light, has much better AF in low light than the K-x (a real surprise, I wasn't expecting much from the A33's AF system) and has nearly as good high ISO performance as the K-x, allowing me to get reasonably high shutter speeds in very low light. Note the K-x significantly outperforms any 4/3rds camera in terms of Dynamic Range and Sensitivity (it remains just about the best I've seen in APS-C for both DR and high ISO performance). The E-5 should be superior in pretty much every other regard except size. -Adam On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Jeffery Smith <jsmith...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > I do a significant amount of shooting theater productions, and the shutter > lag is a major issue for me, as is sensitivity/dynamic range. The E-5 is > significantly improved here, or is it simply not a problem with the E-5? > > The K-x has not been an issue with dynamic range/sensitivity for me, and the > 77/1.8 is a great focal length for most productions. However, I do get a lot > of lost shots because what I pulled the trigger on had changed by the time > the shutter actually fired. > > Jeffery > > On Oct 23, 2010, at 9:28 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > >> I needed a significant improvement in camera responsiveness and two >> stops more sensitivity/dynamic range to obtain satisfactory overhead >> room. This camera solves that problem with room to spare. > > > -- > 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. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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.
