Bed BleederJoined: 25 Jul 2005Posts: 839Location: Ballard
So it's getting to the point where I need a camera. I have a Nikon coolpix that I dropped a while back and it don't work right no more.
I want to purchase a new camera but I have one problem. None of the digital cameras I know of are capable of taking pictures right when you press the button. There's always the delay. I hate the delay. It ends up taking a picture you didn't want to take.
Does anyone know if they make digi cams that don't do this? Or is it the same old story of the processor having to work?
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dennyt
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 2:44 pm
rocket mechanicJoined: 02 Aug 2005Posts: 2708
My canon A75 isn't bad, you have to press the button down half way to let the camera focus, which takes about 1 second, then you can hold it until you're ready and snap it right away, maybe a 0.1 second delay at that point.
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joby
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 3:08 pm
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dennyt wrote:
My canon A75 isn't bad, you have to press the button down half way to let the camera focus, which takes about 1 second, then you can hold it until you're ready and snap it right away, maybe a 0.1 second delay at that point.
Videos will be up in a while...
My olympus does that to. Not too bad if you've got the shutter button in the half-way position. The thing that really kills me is the boot time. It can take 5 seconds to turn a camera on. Argh.
iro1751
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 4:07 pm
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The Fuji A310 I just "scored" is much better than the camera I was borrowing in this time-lag aspect.
joeball
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 5:45 pm
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The shutter lag and the boot up time are pretty universal problem with Point and Shoot digitals. Not sure of the best ones but as soon as you get to the SLR digitals the design they are pretty good about eliminating shutter lag, the down side being these are bigger cameras and the don't take video but they take better still frame pictures and are better for actionn
Aaron
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 8:43 pm
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I hate but love digital cameras. It is like they have a commodore 64 brain inside but with a bionic "eye".
erin
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 9:38 pm
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Yeah, it's a problem with my Canon A85. The thing is, it's got certain features that, for me, make up for the lag. I found that there was something of a tradeoff. This series goes pretty much fully manual, which most cameras in its price range don't. I dunno. You chould check out the reviews on cNet, every review specifically addresses shutter lag. And you can compare different cameras side by side in a given price range, number of megapixels, etc.
Aaron
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 10:20 pm
Joined: 25 Jul 2005Posts: 4645
[quote="erin"]Yeah, it's a problem with my Canon A85. The thing is, it's got certain ..............quote]
What happend to you last night?
Joby was all worried you had gone to Olympia by yourself!
Seriously, apparently "liquid" got spilled on his phone.
We missed you!
See you Thursday!
erin
Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 12:08 pm
Joined: 26 Jul 2005Posts: 277Location: Seattle
[quote="Aaron"]
erin wrote:
Yeah, it's a problem with my Canon A85. The thing is, it's got certain ..............quote]
What happend to you last night?
Joby was all worried you had gone to Olympia by yourself!
Seriously, apparently "liquid" got spilled on his phone.
We missed you!
See you Thursday!
I really wanted to make it out, but I was seriously trashed by the insane time I spent in transit over the last couple of weeks. I decided to take a nap at 8pm and it ended at like, 7am. No Olympia for me, boo hoo.
I'll be out and in effect on Thursday with a big bottle of something delicious to maybe spill on Joby's phone later in the evening. Hopefully I'll have my friend Maren in tow as well.
lantius
Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 12:19 pm
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erin wrote:
Hopefully I'll have my friend Maren in tow as well.
aaron, erin, and maren? what the crap people, we need to all pitch in and get you guys more distinct names!
same thing goes for the two mikes and the two gregs. and maybe joby and joeball should figure something out...
captainbrad
Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 12:54 pm
6ft TwentyJoined: 24 Jul 2005Posts: 293Location: Sea-Town, WA
lantius wrote:
erin wrote:
Hopefully I'll have my friend Maren in tow as well.
aaron, erin, and maren? what the crap people, we need to all pitch in and get you guys more distinct names!
same thing goes for the two mikes and the two gregs. and maybe joby and joeball should figure something out...
Wait...we have two Gregs now?? Dammit. I'm never gonna remember all this.
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erin
Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 1:07 pm
Joined: 26 Jul 2005Posts: 277Location: Seattle
lantius wrote:
erin wrote:
Hopefully I'll have my friend Maren in tow as well.
aaron, erin, and maren? what the crap people, we need to all pitch in and get you guys more distinct names!
same thing goes for the two mikes and the two gregs. and maybe joby and joeball should figure something out...
that's okay, the "mar" in maren rhymes with "star" so we're not going to be contributing to the apparently widespread confusion.
iro1751
Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 2:00 pm
Joined: 25 Jul 2005Posts: 723
lantius wrote:
erin wrote:
Hopefully I'll have my friend Maren in tow as well.
aaron, erin, and maren? what the crap people, we need to all pitch in and get you guys more distinct names!
same thing goes for the two mikes and the two gregs. and maybe joby and joeball should figure something out...
two Mikes? This is why we're referring to the other as ponchoMike (my personal fav) but also as jerseyMike.
I suppose the designator of dickface could just be applied to me, but I'd be sad. . .
elriche
Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 4:49 pm
Joined: 29 Jul 2005Posts: 237Location: Lower QA
iro1751 wrote:
I suppose the designator of dickface could just be applied to me, but I'd be sad. . .
I say you're 'Cool Hand Mike' from now on!
Oh, it's gonna stick alright. You watch.
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Aaron
Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 5:59 pm
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We have 2 Rachels, Ya know.
what ever happened to the Sand Vagina Girl? I thought she would be doing those sand sculptures at Westlake. Those were awesome!
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