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Originally posted by Ace-Ace
Another feature I'm looking for is instant pictures. I know my dad has some Olympus camera (3.3 Megapixel) and it literally takes a full 2 seconds for the picture to take.
I'd like to be able to get shots within a half second or less (I see a car while driving and I can just click it). The delay drives me absolutely insane. Is there a certain term for this latency I should look for under specs?
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It's called shutter-lag.
Here's a review from Steve's Digicams about Kodak's DX4330
http://www.steves-digicams.com/2002_reviews/dx4330.html
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As with most all consumer digital cameras there is a "shutter lag" - this is the time from pressing the shutter to actual capture. Only film cameras are close to instantaneous, digicams have a delay in which the camera sets the autofocus, exposure value and white balance before capturing the shot. The DX4330 is about average with a nominal one second shutter lag.
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