In a message dated 3/9/2005 9:04:53 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Long exposure times result in longer processing time before an image is saved. This is only really noticable as exposure time grows to a half-second, and can actually take ten seconds or more if you took a 30-second exposure. I'm not sure what the mechanics are behind this phenominon; I suppose it has to do with processing together multiple CCD sensing cycles, or something like that. Note, during the processing time of which I speak, the SD light is not on. It comes on after that, as the image gets saved to the card.
You probably did hit the nail on the head when you mentioned taking several shots in quick succession. The camera's buffer holds something like five shots, and if you take a bunch in a burst like that, you'll notice some lagtime in writing out multiple files to the SD card. ======== And Rob may be right, I could have a bad sector. I never thought of running disk check, do'h. But, actually, I think it is the first thing you said. The only thing I can think of when it may happen is low light shots, where I *am* taking longer exposures. I am going to pay attention and see if that is when it happens. Plus checking multiple shots and disk checking. This is, actually, something that has been puzzling me from the beginning. I vote for #1. I take a fair number of low light shots. And I only notice the light staying on later -- it is quite possible I thought it was done writing to card, but it was still processing, THEN I look down and see the light on and think it was on the whole time. But it just STARTED writing. Marnie ;-) Boy, I'll be glad to clear this up.
