Newer cameras will probably make your photograph WORSE
Newer cameras will probably make your photograph WORSE!
HERE IS WHY: Let’s say you shoot a nice closeup of your niece smiling and, when you get the print back, she ISN’T smiling??? You missed the shot? Your timing is terrible? You’re a lousy photographer?
NO!
Newer camera systems - those with computerized (electronic) control systems cause a long delay between the time you push the shutter and the shutter actually activates and makes the exposure. This is especially true when the Flash unit is on.
This delay is significant. It usually means you will miss the “peak action”…. the “fleeting moment” that your eye sees. Some of the newer cameras have up to a full second delay because of their circuitry. Jeez, a smile can disappear in a fraction of a second (technically it can disappear in 1/200th to 1/500th of a second!).
Most point and shoot digital cameras, no matter how good the brand name, suffer from this problem. And most of the newer film cameras also can cause this problem.
So, for those of you who are aspiring to be a better photographer, you have two choices: Buy an older mechanical film camera (these don’t have the “delay” problem) or you must go to a camera shop and try each
camera you are interested in to determine how quickly the camera fires when you push the shutter.
If you don’t make one of those choices, the chances are very high that you will never - no matter how many photography courses you take, no matter how much you practice - you will never make exceptional photographs, even though your eye will see them.
I built this course to help you become better photographers, ignoring this problem, and my advice, will make your photographic experiences miserable.
This is an interesting subject but I must say outdated. I know that lots of digital cams had this problem in the past some still may, however I own a Canon Digital Rebel 350D SLR and I assure you that I have no lag or at least any lag that I could notice between pressing of the shutter button to the taking of the actual picture. I am not sure but I think I can even capture more pics per second when I hold the shutter button for action shots to get multiple shot of the event then I would with a normal non digital camera. Taking digital photos is just so pleasant and one can shoot away with out a care for how much the film in the camera costs.
Even though the posts say 2008, all your technical posts seem to come from the nineties. Why is this? I liked the other articles though.
- John http://www.geendweil.nl photography
You’ll notice, most of the posts with 2008, since we’ve updated to a WordPress blog. This post is a carry over from content posted back in 2003, written by Skip Heine, who like most older photographers, took a while to accept digital cameras. Most dSLR cameras these days don’t have a delay problem, and if you don’t want to miss the shot, you can turn it to burst mode and take multiple pics at the same time.
The point of keeping this post is to keep you mindful of the time it takes when you press the shutter button, till when the picture actual takes. Lower end point and shoot cameras, or digital cameras on your cell phone still have this problem. Though as Skip recommends finding on older camera, I’d recommend investing a little more and getting a nicer digital camera, like a Nikon or a Canon dSLR.