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Lag after shot is taken
I've Googled and found partial answers to this question.
I have a Canon PowerShot A530 using a 1GB SD Kingston card shooting at high res. settings using the Auto setting most of the time. The initial shutter lag is not a problem, it's fast enough for me. But, after the picture is taken, the LCD goes blank for a couple of seconds and makes it difficult to take another shot before my 2 year old loses her cute pose. Do I need a faster type of memory card? My PowerShot A70 never had a problem with this and I almost like using it better. Thanks |
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Lag after shot is taken
Check your settings. It could be the card. It could be the camera or it
could be the settings. 02befree wrote: I've Googled and found partial answers to this question. I have a Canon PowerShot A530 using a 1GB SD Kingston card shooting at high res. settings using the Auto setting most of the time. The initial shutter lag is not a problem, it's fast enough for me. But, after the picture is taken, the LCD goes blank for a couple of seconds and makes it difficult to take another shot before my 2 year old loses her cute pose. Do I need a faster type of memory card? My PowerShot A70 never had a problem with this and I almost like using it better. Thanks -- |
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02befree wrote: I've Googled and found partial answers to this question. I have a Canon PowerShot A530 using a 1GB SD Kingston card shooting at high res. settings using the Auto setting most of the time. The initial shutter lag is not a problem, it's fast enough for me. But, after the picture is taken, the LCD goes blank for a couple of seconds and makes it difficult to take another shot before my 2 year old loses her cute pose. Do I need a faster type of memory card? My PowerShot A70 never had a problem with this and I almost like using it better. Thanks It sounds like you've got the review display set to "OFF". The screen will go blank for about second rather than display the shot for 3+ seconds. I doubt it's the memory card speed. Just take the picture. I tried it on an A520 in auto mode w/o flash. It does have a lag. What you really need is burst mode, which isn't a possibility in auto mode. Try aperture mode (Av on the dial). On function, scroll down to the "box" symbol and select the item that looks like three boxes, which is burst mode. You'll be able to get off your next shot really quickly. |
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Lag after shot is taken
02befree wrote: I've Googled and found partial answers to this question. I have a Canon PowerShot A530 using a 1GB SD Kingston card shooting at high res. settings using the Auto setting most of the time. The initial shutter lag is not a problem, it's fast enough for me. But, after the picture is taken, the LCD goes blank for a couple of seconds and makes it difficult to take another shot before my 2 year old loses her cute pose. Do I need a faster type of memory card? My PowerShot A70 never had a problem with this and I almost like using it better. Thanks Apart from the other replies, some cameras also blank the screen when under load, eg when the flash is recharging, and that will be worse if the batteries are low.. |
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02befree wrote:
I've Googled and found partial answers to this question. I have a Canon PowerShot A530 using a 1GB SD Kingston card shooting at high res. settings using the Auto setting most of the time. The initial shutter lag is not a problem, it's fast enough for me. But, after the picture is taken, the LCD goes blank for a couple of seconds and makes it difficult to take another shot before my 2 year old loses her cute pose. Do I need a faster type of memory card? My PowerShot A70 never had a problem with this and I almost like using it better. Thanks That blanking period is when the camera is processing the picture internally. Some cameras have adequate internal ram, and processor speed, to take another picture, even when this is going on. Some don't. Also, some cameras have a 'burst mode' which will shoot several pictures with one shutter depression. Check your manual to see if your camera has either feature. BTW, that LCD is for review of your pictures, and for closeup mode, NOT for general picture-taking. You will find your batteries last a lot longer if you shut it off and use the viewfinder! |
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Ron Hunter wrote: 02befree wrote: I've Googled and found partial answers to this question. I have a Canon PowerShot A530 using a 1GB SD Kingston card shooting at high res. settings using the Auto setting most of the time. The initial shutter lag is not a problem, it's fast enough for me. But, after the picture is taken, the LCD goes blank for a couple of seconds and makes it difficult to take another shot before my 2 year old loses her cute pose. Do I need a faster type of memory card? My PowerShot A70 never had a problem with this and I almost like using it better. Thanks That blanking period is when the camera is processing the picture internally. Some cameras have adequate internal ram, and processor speed, to take another picture, even when this is going on. Some don't. A Canon A530 probably doesn't really have that problem. In "single shot" mode, it slows down to try to "recompose" the next shot. The "processing" time of the previous shot is negligible. It's "blanking" because the OP has the review turned off. If the review was turned on, the last picture should be displayed. What's on (or not on) the screen has little to do with how fast the next picture can be taken. I set an A520 to 10 sec review. As long as I don't press the shutter, the previous image stays there. If I press the shutter, it stops the review and goes back into picture taking mode on the screen. Also, some cameras have a 'burst mode' which will shoot several pictures with one shutter depression. Check your manual to see if your camera has either feature. I've used Canon cameras with burst mode, and it does more than allow multiple shots with one shutter press. It also enables quicker consecutive shots with multiple shutter presses. It will sacrifice "recomposition" by reusing as much of the first shot's settings as possible. Sometimes the bursted shots are slightly out of focus or slightly under- or overexposed, but you can get off that shot before the subject changes. BTW, that LCD is for review of your pictures, and for closeup mode, NOT for general picture-taking. You will find your batteries last a lot longer if you shut it off and use the viewfinder! This isn't true for every camera, especially those with electronic viewfinders. The rated shots on a single battery for something like a Canon PowerShot S3 IS is only marginally higher if the EVF is used. The A530 should take at least twice as many shots with the LCD turned off, although that means no digital zoom and no monitoring of the autofocus points (the little green squares). |
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