Lag Time
The delay from pressing the shutter release to the camera actually taking the shot
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Lag time: Does the camera hesitate before taking the picture when you press the shutter release? Most inexpensive ones do. You pay for short lag time.
Lag Time
Probably the biggest single complaint from digital camera owners is the lag time, the delay from pressing the shutter release to the camera actually taking the shot.
Lag Time The delay between the time the shutter is pressed and the camera captures the image. Also known as shutter delay, it is most noticeable in compact digital cameras. Today's digital SLRs have virtually no lag time.
lag time
Unlike conventional cameras, digital cameras have a lag time between when the shutter is pressed and when the picture is captured. There is also a lag time while the camera stores the image in memory.
Lag Time
Also known as shutter lag, lag time refers to the delay that sometimes occurs between the time the shutter button is pressed and the time the shutter actually fires.
* LAG times are often misunderstood and so are described below:
Auto Focus LAG is (roughly) the amount of time it takes the camera to auto focus (a half-press and hold of the shutter release button), ...
Lag Time
A problem virtually unheard of with "old" film cameras, lag time is the bane of many digicam owners. "Lag" is the delay from the moment you press the shutter button to when the camera captures the image.
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Shutter lag time seemed to be pretty decent. I didn't have to wait long from composing the shot to capturing the moment. AF was also fast. A cool feature is the digital leveler.
The shutter-lag time is the delay you experience between pressing the shutter button and actually capturing the image.
10) If you are having problems with the lag time between focusing on a subject and taking a shot, you can try "locking focus" by pressing halfway down on the shutter button, ...
This was difficult with film-based photography because of a long lag time in the feedback loop - you had to take your film in to be processed before you could see what worked and what didn't.
Auto focus and shutter lag time take much longer in point and shoot cameras.
Another advantage to SLR digital cameras is that they take photographs almost instantly with no lag time. This is useful when taking photographs of moving objects such as children.
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Focusing mode on some AF-Nikkor lenses allowing for switching from automatic to manual focusing with virtually no lag time by simply turning the focusing ring on the lens.
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Shutter Lag:
The delay that takes place between pressing the shutter-release button and the time a photo is actually taken. Shutter lag times vary from digital camera to digital camera. Often the less expensive the camera the longer the lag.
There's usually a lag between the moment you press the shutter release button and when the camera takes the picture (except for the most expensive models). A longer lag time means that it's more difficult to capture a moment.
The delay that takes place between pressing the shutter-release button and the time a photo is actually taken. Shutter lag times vary from digital camera to digital camera.
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Shutter lag is the time between pressing the shutter release and the camera responding by taking the picture. While this delay was insignificant on most film cameras, some digital cameras have shutter lag times on the order of hundreds of ...
The Samsung NX200 is replacing the Samsung NX100 and we were told that the main focus on the latest incarnation has been the performace aspect, with faster power up times, faster autofocus response and reduced shot to shot lag times. This 20.
way: if you have to wait a second or longer for a photo to be taken, like with many older and inexpensive digital cameras, then chances are that you won't end up with the photo you desired. Many camera manufacturers do not list the shutter lag time ...
For short motions you must understand your camera shutter lag time and have an understanding of the motion to take the picture yourself rather than relying on the camera's multi burst feature.
In actual practice I found that the lag time was predictable, and I could learn to lead the action enough so that I was getting a high percentage of images with strong compositions.
Immediate image review is absolutely awesome.
 See also: Time, Camera, Shutter, Digital, Image
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