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Shutter lag
Shutter lag is the amount of time (delay) it takes from when you fully depress the shutter-release button to the moment the picture is taken.
Shutter lag times vary from digital camera to digital camera. Digital Single Lens Reflex cameas have little or no discernable shutter lag and the delay is getting shorter for many newer consumer digital cameras.
If your digital camera has shutter lag, follow these suggestions to help decrease the lag time.
Decreasing the effect of shutter lag
- Use the two-step shutter release button correctly - this point can not be emphasized enough.
- Use fully charged batteries.
- Anticipate the moment or track the action: use "continuous autofocus" mode, lock focus and then press the button fully down.
- Prefocus - focus on an object that is at the same distance where the subject will come, lock focus and then wait for the subject to come into view.
