My Olypus C5050 has always been a really slow camera, all the
time I've owned it. It never bothered me before. It takes very
good pictures, so I'm happy with it.
I bought a Canon A640 from Zip Zoom Fly on 01/05/07 for a cost of
$583.93 US Dollars and it was much, much faster.
But it had a very weak flash, had a lot of red-eye and the 10
megapixel results looked blurry to me. So, I gave it to someone
I know and she likes to mainly take pictures outdoors. And then
I just kept looking.
I almost bought an S5 from Canon, but the EVF was not high enough
resolution when I tested it out at Best Buy.
So I kept on looking and heard about the SP-570UZ. Best Buy and
Circuit City did not have any in stock, but I found out that a
local Kits Cameras did have at least one in stock and one on
display. So, we went over to that store, I got to try out the
camera and I liked it so I bought it.
I didn't buy it BECAUSE it was an Olympus, I bought it because it
was the only camera I found that had at least a 10x zoom with
image stabilization, had an EVF that was way higher of a
resolution than I had seen before, and it took standard AA type
batteries. It also has a Hot Shoe, which is why I didn't even
consider looking at the 560 because of that.
I know it uses XD only, and that kinda sucks, but at least if I
want to I can buy one of their H series of cards, which says it
has faster read and write performance than the standard M series.
I really don't even understand what "Shutter Lag" means in terms
of using my camera. I'm just a guy who likes to take pictures
and I'm not a professional, and I wanted the ability to take
closer pictures when I go to Safeco Field to watch baseball, or
am on vacation or whatever. I'm not sure how "Shutter Lag" would
affect that.
Ok - another reason I bought it? Cause I like the way cameras
look when they are black. And another is it has a metal screw
for a tripod mount.
Having to manually pop open the flash thing can be a pain, but I
guess I'll get used to it. I'll probably make it part of my
ritual, just like taking off the lens cap:
Lens Cap Removed? Check
Flash Popped Up? Check
Neck Strap On? Check
And then I'm off to the races, as it were.
> Not really. The shutter lag I am most concerned with, and the
> lag that is measured by many camera sites is just how long
> does the camera take to capture the image after the shutter is
> depressed.
>
> There is a prefocused lag that can be quite quick, and then
> there is the shutter lag at full autofocus, wide and telephoto.
>
> This lag can be frustrating if you want to capture an action
> event such as a swing of a baseball bat but your camera's
> shutter lag makes you miss the shot.
>
> Two examples from the same site:
>
>
> A older Sony H-1 that is quite fast
> http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/H1/H1DATA.HTM
>
>
> And a Oly SP-560UZ that should be similar to your camera
> http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/SP560/SP560A6.HTM
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