Olympus D-460 ZoomOlympus updates a popular 1.3 megapixel model with improved features and a simpler interface.<<Exposure & Flash :(Previous) | (Next): Operation & User Interface>> Page 7:Shutter Lag & Cycle Time TestsReview First Posted: 6/14/2000 |
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 allows 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 a special
electronic test setup. The table below shows the times we measured for various
camera operations. Startup, shutdown, and record-to-play times were quite fast,
and shutter lag was very much on a par with other cameras, even some more
expensive ones. Cycle time was slower, but comparable to other cameras in the
D-460 Zoom's price range.
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| Power On -> First shot |
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Start with lens retracted. Time is delay
until first shot captured. |
| Shutdown |
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Time until lens is retracted, camera is
powered down. (No pending image processing though.) |
| Play to Record, first shot |
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Time is delay until first shot
captured. |
| Record to play (min/max res) |
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Slower for max res images |
| Shutter lag, full autofocus |
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| Shutter lag, prefocus |
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(Prefocus means half-pressed shutter before
shot.) |
| Cycle time, low/high/TIFF res |
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| Cycle time, continuous mode |
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(Sequence mode automatically switches to SQ
resolution.) |
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