But I think what you've failed to address here is that I've shown that
my own reaction time is about 2/3 of the total response time. Even with
the shutter shock delay time the camera's response is the smaller part.
A DSLR still has to open the mirror before firing the shutter,
something the E-M5 doesn't have to do.
Chuck Norcutt
On 2/15/2014 1:09 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
> Anticipating the shot and calibrating the entire "system" reaction
> time is the key to this when dealing with something that is
> predictable and repeated. It took me a long time to figure out the
> delay to the OM-2S and ended up using other cameras for faster
> response items.
>
> Sporting events have a lot of predictability to them and your timing
> the shot is no different than the batter learning when to start
> swinging. And for pro ball, that's before the ball ever leaves the
> fingers.
>
> Wildlife is another story. I've done a ton of eagle photography
> through the years and have found that the OM-2S is pretty well
> worthless for that ("everything is going so slowly--I think we
> dying"), the DMC-L1 is also pretty laggy, so I have to backtime my
> shot a lot. The E-1 was the golden goose for this, though. It was very
> easy to nail the shot with the E-1. If I'm using live-view with the
> DMC-L1, you might as well figure that the eagle is in the next county
> before the picture is taken.
>
> EVFs are certainly a problem for street photography where timing is so
> critical, but usually not exactly predictable. Unlike a pitcher
> winding up, you know that something is going to happen, but the
> precise moment is not known. There is no doubt that Leica is
> absolutely best at it. Besides, with street photography, you usually
> only have one chance. You need to have the camera prefocused and ready
> to raise to the eye and shoot in one smooth and quick motion without
> delay. Once the camera is "seen" the moment is passed and there are no
> second chances.
>
>
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