Shutter delay
Mort
time I press the shutter until the picture is actually taken is 2-3
seconds. This is unacceptable since the action is usually passed by the
time the picture is taken.
Is there any way to shorten this delay?
Any assistance would be appreciated. This is driving me crazy.
Also, are there any other cameras that have a minimal shutter delay (I
don't necessarily need more than 3 megapixels)?
Anthony Giorgianni
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/olympusc3040z/page10.asp
The shutter release lag is tiny. Perhaps it is the focusing mechanism that's
creating the problem, as the review indicates? Does it have continuous focus
mode? That may reduce the focusing time, though it will increase battery
use. I don't see any mention of it in the review. Otherwise, I can't see why
it is taking so long from button press to shutter movement. It should be
pretty quick.
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"Mort" <mo...@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
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Wolfgang Müller
I am using a OLYMPUS C-300, but the problem I like to refer to is valid for
several other OLYMPUS digiCams:
The ISO AUTO function is not working very well, because under dark light
conditions the ISO value is NOT set to the max. possible value. It typically
is only 200 ISO with a (to) long exposure time. It should be ISO 400, but it
is not and therefor many images are blurred due to the long shutter time. I
have some correspondance with OLYMPUS, but they do NOT admit he problem.
BE AWARE with OLYMPUS DigiCams - you may become disappointed !
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Anthony Giorgianni
I have an Olympus C-2100 ultra zoom and recently shot some low light indoor
stuff that wound up with a lot of blur due to the slow shutter speed -
though that did not effect the duration between pressing the button and the
beginning movement of the shutter. But yes, it seems to me camera prefers to
slow the shutter over increasing the ISO to max. But that may be
intentional, to prevent a grainy picture - though the C-2100's 400 iso shots
are remarkably good.
The best idea in those low light conditions - if you don't want to or can't
use a flash - might be to manually set the ISO, I guess and use shutter
priority mode.
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"Wolfgang Müller" <w...@post.tele.dk> wrote in message
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fweddybear
>stuff that wound up with a lot of blur due to the slow shutter speed -
>though that did not effect the duration between pressing the button and the
>beginning movement of the shutter. But yes, it seems to me camera prefers
to
>slow the shutter over increasing the ISO to max. But that may be
>intentional, to prevent a grainy picture - though the C-2100's 400 iso
shots
>are remarkably good.
>The best idea in those low light conditions - if you don't want to or can't
>use a flash - might be to manually set the ISO, I guess and use shutter
>priority
snip snip....
I have a c-2020 olympus camera and I too was having trouble shooting
indoor pics. They would come out blurry... I posed a question to the group
about a month ago... and tried manually setting shutter speeds, and iso and
everything else you could think of....i even changed the lighting it offers
for surces... and tried to shoot more indoor pics with the same
result...lots of blur.... the only thing thing i didn't do was use the
flash... once i tried using the flash... the results were quite different...
no more blur.... using a flash, (and you might already know this) will
quicken the shutter speed automatically. After i saw these results, i then
changed all the settings back to automatic.... with slightly better results.
good luck
Fwed