Digital BW, The Print

Stan McQueen wrote:

>At 02:10 PM 9/6/2002, Robert wrote:
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>>The biggest problem for digital in street photography is the clunky, loud,
>>and power hungry SLR's and the lack of good lens options and pixels for the
>>small cameras.
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>Not to mention the unpredictability of the actual shutter release. My Nikon 
>Coolpix 800 takes a picture whenever it feels like it after you press the 
>shutter. Do the digital SLRs have more immediate shutter response? 
>

Simple answer is yes...

The Olympus E10, E20, and E100RS; the Nikon Ds and D100; the Canon 1D,  
D30 and D60; and the current Kodak DCS series   all have much quicker 
shutter releases..  That said, "quicker" is NOT as fast as comparable 
film  cameras..  Quicker means that they are now in the range of an old 
Nikon F4  (if I recall the numbers they were in the 40 to 75 
milliseconds range).. That's MUCH better, and sufficient for general 
photography, BUT, still not great for sports work..



Keith



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