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December 16, 2006 10:31 PM
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December 17, 2006 1:50 AM
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In terms of speed, the Canons you mentioned should be just fine. Avoid any of the early A-series Canons (the A520, A540) as they use slightly different chips and operate slower. I'm kind of surprised they are pushing the A630, not because it isn't good (it's a newer A-series so the lag time is excellent) but because the A640 is out and seems to be the big one this year.
In terms of speed, you're looking at a very close race between the A630/640 and the SD800 IS. I think the SD800 is a hair faster, but you're also paying more for the ultracompact size and the image stabilization. But both are speedy cameras and you should not have the issues you're having with your current one in terms of lag time with either of the A cameras (630/640) or the SD800.
My advice on shutter lag: regardless of what camera you have, you can reduce shutter lag a lot with a little trick. Put your finger on the button and push it down halfway; let the camera frame and focus. Then, when the action actually happens, push it the rest of the way down, and the picture will fire much much faster. It can be a pain to have to set it up beforehand like this, but it does lower shutter lag to fractions of a second over pushing it once and making the camera do all that focusing before it snaps.
Also, I was going to say that Casios seem to be speedy little cameras from what I've heard. But I don't know a lot about them beyond that so I'd hesitate to recommend one.
In terms of speed, you're looking at a very close race between the A630/640 and the SD800 IS. I think the SD800 is a hair faster, but you're also paying more for the ultracompact size and the image stabilization. But both are speedy cameras and you should not have the issues you're having with your current one in terms of lag time with either of the A cameras (630/640) or the SD800.
My advice on shutter lag: regardless of what camera you have, you can reduce shutter lag a lot with a little trick. Put your finger on the button and push it down halfway; let the camera frame and focus. Then, when the action actually happens, push it the rest of the way down, and the picture will fire much much faster. It can be a pain to have to set it up beforehand like this, but it does lower shutter lag to fractions of a second over pushing it once and making the camera do all that focusing before it snaps.
Also, I was going to say that Casios seem to be speedy little cameras from what I've heard. But I don't know a lot about them beyond that so I'd hesitate to recommend one.
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