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 drives me crazy. Too many pics of the grandkids taken seconds past the "cute" moment...This was my first digital camera so this feature was a big shock to me. Can anyone recommend a replacement that will snap the picture when I push the button, or must I go back to disposable 35mm's for that seemingly basic requirement? Naturally, the cheaper the better...but I'm interested in opinions of all/any digitals that will achieve this purpose.Thanks!

I have a Nikon D60 DLSR, but assume you are talking about point and shoot smaller camera..We have owned about 6-7 different point and shoot cameras over the years... And I can completely understand the shutter lag you mention.. The point and shoot camera I have been most happy with the results from has actually been my iPhone...FWIW,Bryan

Shutter lag is one of the specifications given by dpreview. They have reviews on many cameras.

troll3193 wrote:I have a Nikon D60 DLSR, but assume you are talking about point and shoot smaller camera..We have owned about 6-7 different point and shoot cameras over the years... And I can completely understand the shutter lag you mention.. The point and shoot camera I have been most happy with the results from has actually been my iPhone...FWIW,BryanMy son repeats this over and over - zero shutter lag...

pasusan wrote:troll3193 wrote:I have a Nikon D60 DLSR, but assume you are talking about point and shoot smaller camera..We have owned about 6-7 different point and shoot cameras over the years... And I can completely understand the shutter lag you mention.. The point and shoot camera I have been most happy with the results from has actually been my iPhone...FWIW,BryanMy son repeats this over and over - zero shutter lag...That is definitely not my experience. Maybe it is my settings but I have plenty of shots of empty trail trying to take pics at my sons bike races. Good thing my wife takes pics with her Nikon as I stink as a photography person.

troll3193 wrote:I have a Nikon D60 DLSR, but assume you are talking about point and shoot smaller camera..We have owned about 6-7 different point and shoot cameras over the years... And I can completely understand the shutter lag you mention.. The point and shoot camera I have been most happy with the results from has actually been my iPhone...FWIW,BryanI'm totally ignorant in this department so please bear with me...I'm not wedded to the point and shoot concept- or even, necessarily, price. Just looking for a camera that will take a pic when I tell it to! And we don't own/intend to own cell phones of any kind, so that's out.You mention the Nikon you own- does it lack the lag and if so is that model/type specific?

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Hondavalk
Explorer II
Jul 15, 2013
Any basic SLR camera will have essentially no shutter lag. I like the Cannon Rebels but there are several good choices.
tanman32225
Explorer
Jul 15, 2013
just food for fodder... sometime the point and shoot type cameras have autofocus usually turned on. What the lag comes from is the camera has to focus before firing off. That takes a couple milli seconds. It seems forever. To prevent the lag try pressing the capture button half way down but not enough to fire the camera off. You will see the camera autofocus. When your satisfied then press it the remainder of the way down and that should cure the lag. I hope that helps somewhat with people having a lag problem.
Francesca_Knowl
Explorer
Jul 15, 2013
troll3193 wrote:
I have a Nikon D60 DLSR, but assume you are talking about point and shoot smaller camera..

We have owned about 6-7 different point and shoot cameras over the years... And I can completely understand the shutter lag you mention.. The point and shoot camera I have been most happy with the results from has actually been my iPhone...

FWIW,

Bryan

I'm totally ignorant in this department so please bear with me...

I'm not wedded to the point and shoot concept- or even, necessarily, price. Just looking for a camera that will take a pic when I tell it to! And we don't own/intend to own cell phones of any kind, so that's out.

You mention the Nikon you own- does it lack the lag and if so is that model/type specific?
mich800
Explorer
Jul 15, 2013
pasusan wrote:
troll3193 wrote:
I have a Nikon D60 DLSR, but assume you are talking about point and shoot smaller camera..

We have owned about 6-7 different point and shoot cameras over the years... And I can completely understand the shutter lag you mention.. The point and shoot camera I have been most happy with the results from has actually been my iPhone...

FWIW,

Bryan
My son repeats this over and over - zero shutter lag...

That is definitely not my experience. Maybe it is my settings but I have plenty of shots of empty trail trying to take pics at my sons bike races. Good thing my wife takes pics with her Nikon as I stink as a photography person.
pasusan
Explorer
Jul 15, 2013
troll3193 wrote:
I have a Nikon D60 DLSR, but assume you are talking about point and shoot smaller camera..

We have owned about 6-7 different point and shoot cameras over the years... And I can completely understand the shutter lag you mention.. The point and shoot camera I have been most happy with the results from has actually been my iPhone...

FWIW,

Bryan
My son repeats this over and over - zero shutter lag...
vermilye
Explorer
Jul 15, 2013
Shutter lag is one of the specifications given by dpreview. They have reviews on many cameras.
troll3193
Explorer
Jul 15, 2013
I have a Nikon D60 DLSR, but assume you are talking about point and shoot smaller camera..

We have owned about 6-7 different point and shoot cameras over the years... And I can completely understand the shutter lag you mention.. The point and shoot camera I have been most happy with the results from has actually been my iPhone...

FWIW,

Bryan

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