Here's some experience with the Optio S: In dumb mode, the camera takes a good while between button pressed and picture taken. Sometimes as much as 1,5 seconds. Turn off the AF, and the time goes down noticeably. Add a setting of the white balance to something other than Auto, and the time is again noticeably reduced. No rigid numbers for you, but the effect is definately there. Seems like the camera reads the chip three times; for white balance, AF and for shooting.
Jostein ----------------------------- Pictures at: http://oksne.net ----------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Gonzalez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 6:42 PM Subject: Re: *ist D and Flash > Yes, I know we can measure the whole thing. But we know diddly squat > about how that time is broken up. We *are* just speculating. I've > never seen anyone post a link to a manufacturers site that shows the > breakdown. There have been numerous opinions on this list, some that > say most of the time is taken up by the sensor clearing, some that say > that its the AF that is taking up all the time, some that say its > something else. If you set one of those things on a tripod and keep > taking pictures of something at a fixed distance, the shutter lag seems > to be the same, without knowing what the mechanism/algorithm breakdown > is, everyone's guess is as good as anyone else's. It could also just be > the digital processor. These cheaper P&S's may not have the processing > power that the better cameras have and this may slow down the whole > process. And that is speculation also. :) > > > > > Herb Chong wrote: > > you don't need to speculate and you don't need to read any specs. use a high > > end P&S digital camera and measure. everything other than AF time is too > > small to measure reliably by a stopwatch run by a person. > > > > Herb.... > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Robert Gonzalez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 11:37 AM > > Subject: Re: *ist D and Flash > > > > > > > >>Do we know this for sure, i.e. times for individual events like > >>auto-focus, sensor-clear, etc., from some technical spec, or are we just > >>speculating? > > > > > > > > > >
