Regarding the first lag - focus/shutter/shoot - all the models I have tried
(a dozen or so) show this characteristic. Some worse than others, but it is
there. The second lag - downloading from capture buffer to permamnent
storage is present in all models. At the high end of the range the makers
provide large buffers, as mentioned, to simulate continuous shooting, but
the limit is reached fairly quickly. The highest capacity I'm aware of is
12, with the Kodak DCS-520. A 12 image burst is pretty good. At the lower
to mid range, it is a one at a time operation. My D300-L will not operate
until the transfer operation is complete - about 6 seconds. At least the
newer models are getting a lot faster.
John P
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there is no "never" - just long periods of "not yet".
there is no "always" - just long periods of "so far"
George <gma@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>So my question about the digital lag is: Do they all do it? Does anyone
>know? Do we care? I briefly held the 600L in my hand, pointed it at
>something and pressed the shutter. The image locked on the LCD and a red
>LED blinked for about 3-4 secinds as the image was downloaded. That of
>course is a different lag than what you guys saw. This lag is for image
>download to permamnent storage from the RAM buffer.
>
>So, there are 2 lags: focus/shutter/shoot lag and download lag,
>correct? The 620L apparently eliminates the latter (salesman quoted 3
>fps, Oly says 5 fps) because it has a much larger RAM buffer and can
>download in the 'background'.
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