Olympus Brio D-150Olympus squeezes a 3x zoom lens into its slim, pocketable 1.3 megapixel "Brio" design.<<Exposure & Flash :(Previous) | (Next): Operation & User Interface>> Page 7:Shutter Lag & Cycle Time TestsReview First Posted: 7/11/2001 |
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, we now routinely measure it using an Imaging Resource proprietary test system.
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| Power On -> First shot |
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About average.
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| Shutdown |
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Fairly fast.
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| Play to Record, first shot |
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Quite fast
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| Record to play (max/min res) |
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Pretty fast.
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| Shutter lag, full autofocus |
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A bit slower than average overall, average to faster than average for its price class. |
| Shutter lag, prefocus |
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Average to slightly slower than average. |
| Cycle time, large/fine files |
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Very fast, same speed no matter how many shots. (Not buffer-dependent.) |
| Cycle time, small/basic files |
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Quite fast. |
Overall, the Brio D-150Zoom is a pretty speedy little camera, living up to its billing as an "Ultra Fast Point & Shoot". Cycle times are very fast, at 3 seconds shot to shot for maximum-quality files. Shutter lag in autofocus is a little slow when compared to the digicam field as a whole, but average to faster than average for its price range. Prefocus shutter lag (shots taken by half-pressing and holding the shutter button prior to the shot itself) is average to a bit slower than average. Overall, a zippy little camera!
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