Re: [Leica] "lag time" and the real world.

[Henning Wulff <henningw@archiphoto.com>]

At 9:47 PM -0700 8/6/03, David Young wrote:
>For all of those who think lag time is unimportant, I must agree 
>that in most instances, with better quality equipment, it is largely 
>irrelevant.
>
>However, I have discovered one area where it becomes very 
>important... and that is the photographing of lightning.
>
>There are, I have learned, several homebuilt and commercial 
>lightening detectors that will trigger the  electrical remote 
>contacts of a motorized camera... including the R8 w/winder!
>
>Such circuits will respond within 1 ms, but the camera must have a 
>quick 'lag time' got get the mirror up and out of the way before the 
>lightning bolt is gone.   This works with most modern SLR's, as 
>lightning flashes can last several hundred milliseconds and often 
>come in series, about 40 ms apart.
>
>But if they're on autofocus, or need to meter first, they won't work!
>
>For those gearheads who simply want to know what cameras have what 
>shutter lag times, they should consult
>
>http://www.fone.net/~rfrankd/CameraCompatibility6/CameraCompatibility6.htm
>
>Which lists numerous SLR's in various formats.
>
>Personally, I'm with Ted. I won't worry about it. Unless I'm 
>selecting another camera, or taking shots of lightning.
>
>Cheers!
>----------
>
>David Young,     | égalité, liberté,
>Victoria, CANADA | fraternité et Beaujolais.

I'm a bit suspicious of those 'lag times' on that site. One that 
jumps out at me is the supposed lag time of Hasselblads being 10-15ms.

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