How long for modern SLR to turn on?

[Novak]

Greets!

I am contemplating the purchase of a modern gizmo. I have
a Kodak DC290 digital camera that absolutely drives me nuts
because it has to boot up it's pathetic little operating system
before it is ready to take a picture. I stand there with my thumb
up my ass while it blinks for about about fifteen seconds and my
shot goes away. I am looking for assurance that this will NOT
happen if I buy a Canon EOS Elan 7... *Please?!*

TIA,
Novak

[Lisa Horton]

Not to worry, it comes on virtually instantly:)

Lisa

[Tommy Huynh]

"Novak" <nota...@ddress.ok> wrote :

> I stand there with my thumb up my ass while it blinks for about about
fifteen seconds and my
> shot goes away.

I hope you don't also bite your nails when you're anxious;) Film cameras
don't need to boot up so it's instant on (or just about).

[Art Begun]

I bought my 85 year old father a Kodak 260 cheap at
auction. Even though it takes a few seconds to start up I'm
amazed by what it can do. He shot at dusk in snow his
neighbor's holiday decorations and emailed the fantastic
results. If it was a film camera you would have had to
bracket 5 exposures and pray that one was right. This darn
camera got it right the first time. My sister grabbed the
camera for the first time and shot a picture of my wife.
Made a gorgeous 5x7 portrait. I see why people get hooked
on these things.

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[David K. Wall]

"Novak" <nota...@ddress.ok> wrote:

>I am contemplating the purchase of a modern gizmo. I have
>a Kodak DC290 digital camera that absolutely drives me nuts
>because it has to boot up it's pathetic little operating system
>before it is ready to take a picture. I stand there with my thumb
>up my ass while it blinks for about about fifteen seconds and my
>shot goes away.

It might not be very artistic (unless you're Mapplethorpe), but it still
might be an amusing pic, you standing there holding a camera, with the
other arm twisted around behind your back....

--
David Wall - dar...@one.net
http://w3.one.net/~darkon/

[Eric Miller]

You can really take out the qualifications. It is instant on. When you
decide to take a picture and turn on the camera (if that's how you do it)
the Canon Elan 7 will be ready before you will.

Eric Miller

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[Roger]

My Nikon F100 and N8008 are/were ready the moment I moved the switch.
Same with my Nikon FM2N which is a "modern" recreation of a timeless
mechanical, manual camera. The only electronics are a built in "LED"
match light meter.

Roger

[Tommy Huynh]

I say "just about" because there are photographers who don't believe any
cameras short of pellicle or leaf shutter cameras are truly instant take or
real time cameras and even then they are concerned about the xxms time lag.
When turning on the Elan 7, you gotta wait for the camera to meter if in a
AE mode, focus if in focus priority mode, for the time lag caused by the
mirror, shutter, and ECF if he's using it, etc.. before it can take the
picture; hence the disclamier. I agree that small amount of time is
probably not important to the poster though.

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[Paul Rubin]

There is a little bit of lag but it's not anything like a digital
camera. Turn-on delay is the most annoying thing about consumer
digicams. Canon digicams, by the way, don't have it as bad as other
brands that I've had. The S100 is my fourth digicam, and the first
one that boots fast enough (3 seconds or so) that it doesn't frustrate
the heck out of me. The delay is still annoying, but only slightly so.

[Karen Nakamura]

Most SLRs take under 0.5 seconds to turn on. They also don't suffer
from excessive shutter lag like many digital cameras.

But you won't be able to play GameBoy games on your Elan 7 like you can
with your DC290. Maybe someone will hack Tetris onto the Minolta 7?

Karen

ps. Some Point and Shoots take longer because they have to extend their
zoom lenses.

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[mcsalty]

Nah..... I think the next incumbent of the Dynax series will have Doom built
in; as you shoot the demons, you shoot pictures. Could make for some
interseting (and random) shots. Of course, with a machine gun you'd need
something *much* faster than the EOS-1V..... about 100fps for a gatling
gun....

--
"I think therefore I'm right"
- Hugo Rune

[David Chien]

How about a FujiFilm Finepix 40i with boot up times of <2 seconds?
Fast enough for me to catch most fleeting shots, all with one hand.

www.dpreview.com lists timings for the digicams they review.

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As for most SLRs, think 1 second MAX. Usually, that's just time spent
extending a zoom lens or setting the AF lens to default setting.

With older/newer MF cameras, think about as fast as you can switch the
baby from on to off. Some don't even have off switches (was it the
Olympus OM-4T).

d =)

[Mike Lipphardt]

Maxxum returns it's lens to default when you shut it off. On-time is
well under a second. For all practical purposes, non-existant.

Mike

[Mike Lipphardt]

Doom for MaxxumOS. Sounds like a winner. The Maxxum even has the contacts
to allow you to dump software mods to it. And it has the joypad to control
the guy, and controls to allow you to select weapons. Press the shutter,
blast a demon! All we need is a modem and internet connection, and those of
us lucky enough to own the thing can play deathmatchs.

Just convert that LCD to a color one, and we're set.

Mike

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