looking for a digicam with little shutter lag

I'm lookin for a digicam that meets these qualities:
o more than 4 Mpixel
o very little shutter lag (with anti red-eye flash off)

would prefer 6 Mpixel or more but that isn't the biggest thing. I
want the shutter to trip when I push the button and not 10 minutes
later.

Michael

On 2007-07-23 06:20:09 -0700, Michael said:

> I'm lookin for a digicam that meets these qualities:
> o more than 4 Mpixel
> o very little shutter lag (with anti red-eye flash off)
>
> would prefer 6 Mpixel or more but that isn't the biggest thing. I
> want the shutter to trip when I push the button and not 10 minutes
> later.
>
> Michael

DSLRs give the fastest response rate. Other digital cameras are slowed
by the time it takes to process the image to the LCD and the time it
takes to switch the sensor from displaying an image on the LCD and to
taking a picture. With a DSLR the sensor is always in picture-taking
mode and a mechanical shutter determines when the picture is taken.

This is not to say that the delay of other digital cameras is very
long, but it can make a huge difference in your pictures. If you look
at the LCD while you move your hand in front of the camera, you will
see a noticeable delay before the movement shows up on the LCD. If you
are using the LCD to frame your picture your hand may have moved out of
the picture entirely before you take the shot. It is often the
difference between getting a picture of a bird and a picture of a twig.

The other delay introduced by digital cameras is the delay between the
time you press the shutter release and when it actually takes the
picture. There have been improvements and sometimes the delay is very
short, but digital technology is going to have progress a lot further
before it can beat a mechanical system such as in a DSLR. In general,
you pay for speed with weight and size -- more speed means more battery
power and more complex circuitry.

Cameras with electric zoom lenses also slow down your photography quite
a lot. They don't have a delay like the shutter release delay, but
waiting for the lens to slowly zoom in and out can be a real pain.
Manual zooms are much faster and more accurate. Almost all DSLRs use
manual zoom and so do some other digital cameras.

If speed is important to you then it should be obvious that you should
be looking at a DSLR, which means, of course, that you can say good-by
to the lightweight shirt pocket cameras.
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