Anybody got a canon powershot a70?
 

when i want to take a pic it takes like 2 sec to press the button before it actually takes the picture....
is there any way I can just have it take a pic instantly?

:helpme

get a manual camera and adjust the shutter speed.

Get StuartD up in here. He has an a70.

ya I know, I bought that shit cuz of him.

Interesting.. I was actually looking at getting one of those. It has a lot of good reviews for its price range.

I sure as fuck wont if it takes 2 seconds to snap a pic though.

It takes 2 seconds because it needs to focus. To take the pic instantly, press the shutter half way, wait for the right moment and then shoot instantly. Or you can just use the camera in the manual focus mode...

ya its annoying....might be my fuckup though.

yap half way works...
how do Ido it so it works on a manual focus mode?

I have a slightly different canon camera, but on mine there is a button labeled "MF"...

when i click it it takes even more time.

Do you see [MF] icon on the screen after you selected the manual focus option? If yea, than you should be able to just take the pic instantly, at least that's how it works on my camera...

ya I see this little flower.

Yeah, it's just focusing. Most of the higher end cameras do that... to ensure a crisp image.

I've never found it to be a problem to be honest.

There really isn't any way around it unfortunately. If there was, most of your pics would turn out blurry... as the camera wouldn't be in focus.

The flower thing isn't going to be much help to you... that's for manually focusing on items at close range.... it will make all of your pics blurry at anything over a foot away.