shutter lag, help is needed

[vafa]

I own a Powershoot A80. It Suffers of shutter lag in rapid photography.
Is there any setting helpful to this matter (for single shot)?
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[elbirth]

This kind of lag is just going to be inherent in a consumer digicam... my S400 suffers from it quite a bit at times when there isn't very much light. Also, these kinds of cameras aren't really meant for taking rapid shots of action or anything... that's another issue.

I haven't used an A80 personally, so I don't know all of the features available on it. However, I think it should be close enough to the G3 that this link might be helpful. It was posted in another thread on these forums
http://www.marcjutras.com/ehyperfocal.html

Give that a shot and see how things turn out for you.

[Don Schaeffer]

Use the manual setting.. Preset your camera for the light conditions by making settings or snapping a few photos in advance. This should minimize andy adjustments the camera has to make. There is still plenty of lag though and you will miss some shots.

[Jon]

Turn off Red-Eye prevention. The pre-flash slows things up quite nicely.

[vafa]

Thanks all for your comments. Now I think there are many effective ideas for rapid photogrsphy with A80.
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