veezhun Posted July 2, 2005 Report Share Posted July 2, 2005 having used a film camera for as long as i remember, i decided to give a shot at a digital camera that my brother has.. i am not a professional or anything and click pictures occasionaly..the camera is an olympus c 310 zoom 3.2 MP camera.. when i click, the camera takes quite a while to register a photo.. with the film camera, it was just click and the photo is taken.. is it just my poor photo taking ability or my camera or is it a general issue??shutterbugs please advice ps.. just checked the gallery and some of the pics are awesome.. , ishi, mz NH1 and volta's bulbs.. really good!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrazyIvan Posted July 2, 2005 Report Share Posted July 2, 2005 having used a film camera for as long as i remember, i decided to give a shot at a digital camera that my brother has.. i am not a professional or anything and click pictures occasionaly..the camera is an olympus c 310 zoom 3.2 MP camera.. when i click, the camera takes quite a while to register a photo.. with the film camera, it was just click and the photo is taken.. is it just my poor photo taking ability or my camera or is it a general issue??shutterbugs please advice ps.. just checked the gallery and some of the pics are awesome.. , ishi, mz NH1 and volta's bulbs.. really good!!←I am not an expert but are you using internal memory or a memory card? Some cards just write slower hence the extra time to register a picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veezhun Posted July 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2005 its a XD memory card made by olympus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andysnap Posted July 2, 2005 Report Share Posted July 2, 2005 the camera is an olympus c 310 zoom 3.2 MP camera.. when i click, the camera takes quite a while to register a photo.. shutterbugs please advice ←Check the quality/resolution setting you have the camera set to (it'll be displayed on the image screen, and changed via the setup menu).Sounds like you may be shooting pics on the highest (TIFF?) setting, which will take several seconds to write to the memory card.Try setting the camera to high, and then medium/normal quality settings and compare the write time after taking a pic.But you should be using the camera at the highest quality you can, with a reasonable write time. Pics taken on a digital on low res' are rubbish!Alternatively you are finding the shutterlag time - between pressing the shutter button, and the pic being taken - too long. This is a common problem with many digital compact cameras, and the only solutions are to learn to put up with it, or buy another model/brand of camera which doesn't suffer from this problem. Ricoh, Casio, and some KonicaMinolta models are know to shoot very fast.Andrew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Otaku Posted July 2, 2005 Report Share Posted July 2, 2005 Digital cameras are generally like this. I'd been used to shooting on my old Canon EOS Elan II [2.5-3fps with usable autofocus and exposure; I've been an amateur photog since the early 1990s and have done a number of paying jobs involving it] and every digital I've ever used [that wasn't hard disc based] basically tops off at about 1 shot every 4 seconds [with most consumer cameras averaging more like one shot every 6 seconds]. I converted to digital using loaners for event photography because it's so much cheaper. I can't even begin to describe, though, the number of lost shots because I'm standing there holding the f*ing button and waiting for the camera to finally wake up and smell the coffee [and that's -before- having to store the image, which takes additional time]. It seems to me that the autofocus and exposure on most digis is just horrendously slow. Considering the fact that my Pentax ES-II [one of the first digital auto-exposure cameras, c.1971] could get a good exposure reading in less than 1/1000th sec., and that even consumer 35mm autofocus cameras can focus in less than 1/10th sec., I find it pretty ridiculous that literally every consumer digi I've used takes 1-4 seconds to focus and set exposure and white balance. [i'll note that my Elan II is pretty slow in the focus department in bad light situations, but then, most AF cameras are.]The storing part is improving as flash RAM speeds increase. The XD cameras I've used are noticably faster than any SD I've used in that department, which stands to reason. Newer memory, faster memory, generally speaking.As andysnap already said, you can either learn to put up with it, or get a better camera. I'd say that most sub-$500 digis are about the equivalent of $25-50 35mm cameras of 10-15 years ago. If you want better, you have to pay for it, basically. Personally, if I know I need to shoot under certain circumstances, I still use film. These include:* any situation where I need shots almost instantaneously [where the lag is unacceptable]* any situation where I might need >1fps* night / long-exposure photography* situations where flash is inappropriate and I have no control over lighting [like indoor events, 1600+ speed film kicks arse over any consumer digi]* situations that require real flash photography [on-camera flashes generally suck rocks]* situations where any photos are sold [Canadian copyright law still technically requires a contract-per-frame, and without a physical carrier, i.e. the film, it's almost impossible to establish actual copyright over an image, though this is slowly changing, especially thanks to "accurate" EXIF data]* situations where the resulting image is important enough for 1st-generation compression to be unacceptable [almost no consumer cameras support uncompressed image formats]* situations where changable lenses are a must [like needing to be able to swap out for a 24mm or 300mm lens]* situations where I'd need to use either a very small or very large lens aperture [most consumer digis are about f4.8-5.6 at best, and don't go smaller than perhaps f11, from what I've seen from models that actually support aperture-priority or full-manual modes] .. this is crucially important for actual control over depth of fieldFor snapshots and relatively unimportant documentary photography I use digi all the time, but for anything of actual importance I still use film. If I had a pro digi that would likely change overnight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadeclaw Posted July 6, 2005 Report Share Posted July 6, 2005 the camera is an olympus c 310 zoom 3.2 MP camera.. when i click, the camera takes quite a while to register a photo.. with the film camera, it was just click and the photo is taken.. This is a general issue.Most digicams have a delay between pressing of the button and the actual taking of the photo.Plus, the autofocus needs time to adjust as well, so it can take up to a second before the camera starts reading in the picture.After that, the raw picture data must be processed and compressed to get the pic down to a decent size, that takes time too.So, if you need a fast camera, stay with analog film or invest into a good digital slr, as these are usually the faster ones. But make sure to compare the reaction times before buying one.A good site to consult is this one:http://www.dpreview.com/Btw, the site is run by a professional photographer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veezhun Posted July 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2005 thanks all really appreciate the help..dex, there are 4 resolution settings on the camera.. i was using the default which is the maximum.. i then reduced the resolution a level lower.. maybe its a placebo effect, but the photos seem to register faster.. i dont print photos on a printer so the next best resolution is fine..there is another small issue.. the battery life is really terrible.. i am using a 2100mah energizer rechargeable Ni MH batteries.. even then its bad..the charger that came along doesnt have a mechanism where it stops charging once the batteries are full. i think it has a standard timer on it.. is there any way i can drain these batteries to zero and then charge? i read that for Ni Mh batteries, sometimes discharging fully and recharging tends to increase battery life..jade.. no money for digital slr i checked out the digital rebel.. looks good and reviews are fantastic.. but too expensive for occasional clicks.. i am going to experiment with the macro mode tomorrow.. any suggestions about macro? incidently, the camera has a super macro setting. what does that do?? cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenmachine Posted July 6, 2005 Report Share Posted July 6, 2005 .. is there any way i can drain these batteries to zero and then charge? i read that for Ni Mh batteries, sometimes discharging fully and recharging tends to increase battery life..A suitable resistor would do the job. The lower the resistance, the faster - the slower the more thoroughly. Never discharge them to zero, down to 1V or slightly below should be enough.[attachmentid=419]i am going to experiment with the macro mode tomorrow.. any suggestions about macro? incidently, the camera has a super macro setting. what does that do??It lets you get really close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Otaku Posted July 7, 2005 Report Share Posted July 7, 2005 The lower the resolution, the faster the image stores, for the reason jadeclaw stated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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