Fuji FinePix 40iLook! There in your pocket! It's a camera! It's an MP3 player! It's... The Fujifilm Finepix 40i!<<Exposure & Flash :(Previous) | (Next): Operation & User Interface>> Page 7:Shutter Lag & Cycle Time TestsReview First Posted: 11/03/2000 |
Shutter Lag/Cycle Times
When you depress the shutter release on a camera, there's usually a lag time before the shutter actually fires. This time allows the autofocus and autoexposure mechanisms time to do their work, and it can amount to a fairly long delay in some situations. Since this number is rarely reported by the manufacturer or other review sources, and because it can significantly affect the picture taking experience, we now routinely measure shutter lag using an Imaging Resource proprietary electronic test setup.
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| Power On -> First shot |
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Time to first shot (Quite fast.)
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| Shutdown |
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Time until lens retracts and camera shuts down. (No processing pending.) (Quite fast)
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| Play to Record, first shot |
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Pretty fast
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| Record to play (max/min res) |
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Faster than average
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| Shutter lag, full autofocus |
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A bit faster than average |
| Shutter lag, prefocus |
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Faster than average |
| Cycle time, max/min res |
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Faster than average |
In our testing of the FinePix 40i, it proved surprisingly fast in all aspects of its operation. It started up very quickly, switched modes fast, showed an excellent cycle time between shots, and slightly better than average shutter lag. For a "hybrid" device, it showed very good speed in all its camera functions.
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