Shutter lag test
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I was just in a debate with someone on another forum about digital versus film SLRs, where he claimed that film's much better because DSLRs have shutter lag. I conducted a simple little test to counter the point and I though I may as well post it here too.
I took a series of shots with my Canon 400D to capture each drop of water from a dripping tap - here's the setup:
Note the second hand on the watch:
Shutter lag? What shutter lag?
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The shutter lag is going in a tenth or even hundrenth of seconds... for photo-taking every split second counts! Tats wad the arguement point over there is all abt i guess... In terms of professionalism it is true, people are VERY particular about even a split second blah blah blah! but im not here to argue, a good photographer can do wonders even with a webcam~ =p
like me, I took tis wif a webcam... jus randomly feel like sharing haha...
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At the current levels of shutter lag, a photographer's more likely to miss a shot on account of a slow finger rather than a slow camera. You're right, though, a good photographer will be able to deal with both sources of error to get the right shot.
Not a bad shot, by the way, although getting the silkscreening in focus might have been good. I assume the webcam's aperture isn't adjustable, though?
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Yeap using a freebie webcam from intel lols! Have to agree with you, photographer's finger is almost always slower den a slow camera. However try telling that to a pro, they will fk u upside-down( i guess they will) lols...
That's why I prefer taking photo of 'dead' stuff after trying to make them look more alive. -
people nowadays are so drawn into the technicalities that they forget to take photos
i personally don't care if it lags by a few milli-seconds. my shots are set up anyway. hahaha~
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Originally posted by Extract:
Yeap using a freebie webcam from intel lols! Have to agree with you, photographer's finger is almost always slower den a slow camera. However try telling that to a pro, they will fk u upside-down( i guess they will) lols...
That's why I prefer taking photo of 'dead' stuff after trying to make them look more alive.The pros I know focus on their own skills rather than look for shortcomings of their equipment.
Nothing wrong with live subjects:
