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Fuji FinePix 1300

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Review First Posted: 11/28/2000

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 autoexposure mechanism time to do its work, and can amount to a fairly long delay in some situations. Since this number is almost never reported by manufacturers or reviewers, and it can significantly affect the picture taking experience, we routinely measure it with our own proprietary test system.

C-3000 Zoom Timings

Operation Time (secs) Notes

Power On -> First shot 2.3
Quite fast. Time is delay until first shot captured.

Shutdown 0
(No lens to retract, so shutdown is effectively instantaneous)

Play to Record, first shot 1.5
Quite fast. Time is delay until first shot captured.

Record to play (max/min res) 4.4/1.7
Slower for full res images.

Shutter lag, full autoexposure 0.42
Quite fast - fixed focus lens means no delay for autofocus.

Shutter lag, exposure preset 0.21
Quite fast - even with no delay for autofocus, presetting exposure with a half-press of the shutter button still saves time.

Cycle time (max/min res) 5.7/1.8 A bit slow at full res, pretty fast at low res. No buffer memory means must save file to card before next shot.

Cycle time, continuous mode 0.4
(1.82 fps)
Fast for a low-end camera. Resolution is set to 640x480 though.

Overall, the FinePix 1300 revealed itself to be a surprisingly fast camera, particularly in light of its low-end price point. Because it uses a fixed-focus lens, shutter lag is lower than most cameras, since there's no delay required for lens focusing. Startup and shutdown times are also very good. Shot to shot cycle times are slow for full-resolution images though, since there's no buffer memory, meaning you have to wait for the camera to finish writing each image to the card before you can take the next shot.

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C-3000 Zoom Timings
Operation	Time (secs)	Notes
Power On -> First shot	2.3	Quite fast. Time is delay until first shot captured.
Shutdown	0	(No lens to retract, so shutdown is effectively instantaneous)
Play to Record, first shot	1.5	Quite fast. Time is delay until first shot captured.
Record to play (max/min res)	4.4/1.7	Slower for full res images.
Shutter lag, full autoexposure	0.42	Quite fast - fixed focus lens means no delay for autofocus.
Shutter lag, exposure preset	0.21	Quite fast - even with no delay for autofocus, presetting exposure with a half-press of the shutter button still saves time.
Cycle time (max/min res)	5.7/1.8	A bit slow at full res, pretty fast at low res. No buffer memory means must save file to card before next shot.
Cycle time, continuous mode	0.4 (1.82 fps)	Fast for a low-end camera. Resolution is set to 640x480 though.