[Leica] Links for X-1 Luminous Landscape and Reid Review's Reviews

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

All live view cameras have this problem; even SLR's like the Canon 
5DMkII have this lag when used in live view mode.



At 11:45 AM -0800 11/12/09, H. Ball Arche wrote:
>"The X1's shutter response is not instantaneous. There's about a 
>quarter second lag. I believe that the reason for this is that 
>sensor is, of course, always live for LCD previewing. When the 
>shutter is pressed the len's leaf shutter needs to be closed, the 
>sensor's electronic shutter primed, the shutter opened and closed 
>for the actual exposure, the electronic shutter closed, and then the 
>sensor turned on again for previewing."
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>That's a deal-breaker for me. I wonder if the LCD can be turned off, 
>and would this close the leaf shutter?
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>  Also, it sounds as if manual focus is clumsy and nothing to indicate DOF.
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