[pct-l] Digital Cameras

[dude at fastmail.ca (dude)]

this delay factor is a big problem with consumer-level digital 
cameras.  it annoys the hell out of me too, especially with a 2 year 
old trying to capture those spontaneous moments.  its very frustrating 
sometimes.

anyway, as you rightly suspected, the only way to get rid of this is to 
spend a lot more on a digital camera.  now-a-days the cost is coming 
down, but the digital cameras that have no delay will always be more 
than the ones that do.

peace,
dude



> I have been experimenting with a 3 meg digital Minolta and found the
> following problem.  I find an action shot approaching, wildlife,
> someone going over a waterfall, etc. and I quickly pick up the camera
> and aim and press the button and . . . the camera thinks for a split
> second on the focus and lighting and . . . then finally takes the
> image.   By then, of course, the action is long over and I have missed
> it.
> 
> With my 35 mm film cameras I tend to try to keep them set to the
> lighting of the moment and thus must only focus manually in order to
> collect this instant in time, and when I push the shutter button that
> is the moment that I record, not some moment in some portion of a
> second later.
> 
> Maybe I need to try a better digital camera?
> 
> Us amateur photographers need to stick together so we can become
> dangerous amateur photographers.
> 
> Greg
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