Shutter lag be gone!

Dec 2, 2006 at 6:39 PM
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I've finally had it with our digital point-and-shoot camera. When I bought it I had grand plans to use it only for casual snapshots and still use my (film) Nikon N70 for nicer shots. But, of course, once I went digital I never touched my poor forgotten N70 again. On Thanksgiving, I was trying to get some good candids and the shutter lag on our digital camera was just ridiculous.

So, I've put a request in to Santa for a Nikon D50 - body only. I've really missed working with a decent SLR.

D50

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Oooooooooooh yay!!!!!!!! I have a D50 too and love it to death. There are some limitations, but for the price, I'm okay with it. Don't forget the lens factor is 1.5%, so they will look really different (you probably already know this).

Reese, thanks for pointing this out. Now, I am thinking it makes sense to get it with a digital-specific lens. Here is some info I found in researching further:

Amateur digital cameras capture the image on a digital image sensor that is smaller than a 35 mm film negative. The advantage to this is that they can use smaller and lighter lenses. The lenses that are made specifically for digital cameras are designed to shine the light at nearly 90 degrees to the digital image sensor which is required for an optimal image (this is not an important requirement for film). Digital lenses are designed to minimized the reflection of light off the digital image sensor which is much more reflective than film.

@hp: Ah, that's pretty interesting! I dunno if the lens I have is digi-specific (50mm f/1.8), so now I'll have to check on it. I thought about getting the kit lens, but I wanted the lower f-stops. I've heard the kit lens is actually quite nice and is definitely good enough for a first lens. I'm sure you've already got nice lenses from your N70 that will work great!

Shutter lag be gone!

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