D70 shutter lag

Hi Folks!

Have you noticed any shutter lag with the d70?

Thanks

Matetes

Nikon F100, 16, 17-35, 60 and 105 mm. in a Seacam housing. Two Subtronic Alpha Pro flashes

None!

If the D70 has the low "light setting" you might want to check if it is turned on. It is intended for slow shutter speeds and will create shutter lag.

Joe

Nikon digital SLRs do have a very slight shutter lag compared with film cameras. It is measured in milliseconds, but it does exist.

I don't know much about this, but I remember reading somewhere that the D100 is about 150ms, the Canon D60 about 100ms and the digital Rebel 128ms. The shortest (I know) is the D2H has a lag of 37ms - about the same as a film camera.

Alex

"Have you noticed any shutter lag with the d70? "

Alex is indeed correct about shutter lag existing in milliseconds. However, it is essentially undectable to the human eye and shouldn't affect your ability to capture a moving image. And from a "touchy feelie" perspective, you will not notice a difference from film cameras. You should have no appreciable image degredation either. I have photographed low flying airplanes with my D100 at 200 miles per hour with no problems. A Olympus C5060 would be a problem. Based on your comment above, I am led to believe that you are noticing shutter lag, and you shouldn't be.

Joe

Yes, I am..... with "flying" subjects, like clown fishes...

Thanks for your inputs

Matetes

Nikon F100, 16, 17-35, 60 and 105 mm. in a Seacam housing. Two Subtronic Alpha Pro flashes

The challenge with shooting moving subjects is mostly due to focus lock. If you are using autofocus to try to shoot the clown fish, the camera will NOT shoot until the focus has locked on something. So as you are trying to depress the shutter, nothing happens, then the camera locks and bang! Feels like shutter lag but is actually the delay in the camera's inability to focus.

Try putting a fan next to a small bushy tree so the small branches move. Try to use your camera in a similar fashion as underwater and you will see that often when you depress the shutter release nothing happens. Next, turn off the fan, still the tree leaves and then try to shoot them again. You should see a big difference in AF lock and shoot.

Does the camera fire fast on static subjects?

Joe

Does the camera fire fast on static subjects?

Yes, no problem at all...

At the BSOUP Splash-In, I did meet one guy with a D100 that had a really long shutter lag. We all tried it and it coninued to have the same problem. A reset of all the camera's settings to default cleared up that problem in the end.

As someone who's entered the water with both mirror lockup and the self-timer engaged, I know a thing or two about this...

My list would include-

Is the d70's custom function for "flash sign" turned on? If so, turn it off.

Is the AF Assist light on? If so, turn it off

Does the shutter lag exist in manual focus mode? If so, turn off the mirror lockup or self timer. Otherwise, I don't know what could be causing this...

Do bear in mind that in Single Servo AF with Focus Priority, the camera won't take a picture of what it doesn't think is in focus, and might need turning off.

Ok, thanks a lot. The "reset" solution seems to resolve the problem....

Matetes

Nikon F100, 16, 17-35, 60 and 105 mm. in a Seacam housing. Two Subtronic Alpha Pro flashes.