Ricoh RDC-6000Ricoh's inexpensive 2 megapixel digicam doubles as a USB webcam. (With optional software.)<<Exposure & Flash :(Previous) | (Next): Operation & User Interface>> Page 7:Shutter Lag & Cycle Time TestsReview First Posted: 1/9/2001 |
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 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 by the manufacturer or other reviewers, and because it can significantly affect the picture taking experience, Imaging Resource routinely measures lag-time using a custom-built test system.
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| Power On -> First shot |
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Rather leisurely
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| Shutdown |
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Pretty quick
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| Play to Record, first shot |
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Fairly fast
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| Record to play (max/min res) |
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Typical
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| Shutter lag, full autofocus |
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Rather slow |
| Shutter lag, manual focus |
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About average |
| Shutter lag, prefocus |
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A little slow |
| Cycle time (max/min res) |
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Slower than average (No buffer memory, so write to card must finish before next image capture.) |
| Frame Rate, continuous modes, frames per second (fps) |
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Frame rates are for "Quick Shooting" (continuous) mode and movie recording.
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