Camera shopping: shutter lag?
My entry-level Sony (DSC W-120) has given up the ghost, and when I replace it I hope to do so with a camera that actually takes the picture when I press the button. That "shutter lag" thing really dri...
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francheska wrote:
I purchased my wife a fairly expensive point and shoot camera. It had exactly what your concern is about
lag time between shots. A while back we were in a large electronics store and while looking for a water proof camera the salesman mentioned that certain SD cards help shorten the lag time. I was sceptical but
bought one of the super fast SD cards and it works. Now I'm no expert but when using her camera now
you can definitely take pictures faster. So maybe go to a good camera store and ask lots of questions.
This can speed up taking individual photos, the cycle time the camera requires to reset for the next shot, but not the actual image capture time itself. I believe that digital cameras temporarily store a photo in a buffer when you take a shot, then write to the SD card. So the faster the card, the faster it will cycle the camera. But will do nothing to speed up the actual capture the moment times. That is more dependent on the auto-focus and exposure times of the camera itself.
