Olympus C-50 ZoomOlympus packs a 5.0-megapixel CCD into an ultra-compact body, with a host of advanced features too.<<Exposure & Flash :(Previous) | (Next): Operation & User Interface>> Page 7:Shutter Lag & Cycle Time TestsReview First Posted: 11/26/2002 |
Shutter Lag/Cycle Times
When you press the shutter release on a camera, there's usually a
lag time before the shutter actually fires. This time is to allow the autofocus
and autoexposure mechanisms time to do their work, and can amount to a fairly
long delay in some situations. Since this number is almost never reported on,
and can significantly affect the picture taking experience, I now routinely
measure it with a custom test system I constructed for the purpose. (With crystal-controlled
timing, accurate to 0.01% and with a timing resolution of one millisecond.)
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(secs) |
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| Power On -> First shot | |
Camera has
to extend lens first. A bit slower than average. |
| Shutdown | |
Time to retract camera lens. About average. |
| Play to Record, first shot | |
Time until
first shot is captured. Pretty fast. |
| Record to play | |
Time to display a large/fine
file after capture. About average. |
| Shutter lag, full autofocus | |
First number is for wide-angle, second is for telephoto. About average. |
| Shutter lag, prefocus | |
Time to capture, after half-pressing
Shutter button. Faster than average |
| Cycle Time, max/min resolution | |
First number is for large/fine files, second number is time for small/basic images. Pretty fast for large/fine, slower than average for small/basic. |
| Cycle Time, continuous mode, max/min resolution | (1.08 / 1.11 fps) |
First numbers are for large/fine files, second number is time for small/basic images. Pretty fast. |
| Cycle Time, TIFF images | |
Slow, but about average for a 5 megapixel TIFF file. |
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