Fuji FinePix 2600 Zoom2 megapixels, a 3x zoom lens, great pictures, and a bargain price: A great "value leader" from Fuji!<<Exposure & Flash :(Previous) | (Next): Operation & User Interface>> Page 7:Shutter Lag & Cycle Time TestsReview First Posted: 11/08/2001 |
Shutter Lag / Cycle Times
When you press the shutter release on a camera, there's usually a delay or 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 routinely measure it using a special
electronic test setup.
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| Power On -> First shot |
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About average for a telescoping lens.
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| Shutdown |
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Pretty quick. (Time for lens to retract.)
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| Play to Record, first shot |
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Time until first shot is captured. Pretty fast.
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| Record to play |
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Time to display a large/fine file after capture. Pretty fast.
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| Shutter lag, full autofocus |
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Two times are for wide/telephoto. Quite speedy, a good bit better than average. |
| Shutter lag, prefocus |
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Time to capture, after half-pressing shutter button. A good bit faster than average.
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| Cycle Time (shot to shot delay) |
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First time is for large/fine, second is for small/normal quality level. Pretty fast, particularly since no buffer memory: Shoot this fast until you fill the card. |
Overall, the FinePix 2600 Zoom is a surprisingly fast little camera. In particular, its shutter delay is noticeably less than even some much more expensive models, and its shot to shot "cycle times" are quite good as well. With very fast-paced action, you'll still want to "prefocus" the camera by half-pressing and holding the shutter button prior to the exposure itself, but even without that, the 2600 is a good bit faster than average in most situations.
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