G-9 Shutter Lag

[GPR1]

I'm thinking of getting my wife a G9 for an upcoming trip. She wants something lighter and less consicuous than the Mark II and lenses I carry. However, she is spoiled by DSLR shutter lag and has never been satisfied with the lag from a P&S. For those who have shot both DSLR and G9, how's the shutter lag on the 9?

Thanks in advance.

[Larry Weinman]

It is better then any P&S I have used previousely but it is still annoying especially if you want to shoot something that moves.

[bobtodrick]

According to a test I saw a while back the G9 shutter lag is in the neighborhood of 1/10 to 2/10 of a second (this of course without flash).
For comparison its closest rival, the Nikon P5100 average just under 1/2 second (ouch).
The average DSLR is well under 1/10 of a second.
The shutter lag is worse than a DSLR, but is better than most of it's competition, and much better than the average consumer Point and shoot.

[Jman13]

According to DPReview, the G9's half press shutter lag (prefocused) to fire is 0.12 seconds with the LCD on, and a very fast 0.05 seconds with the LCD off (optical VF). Decent, but not the best I've used. My old Fuji F31fd had a shutter lag of 0.02 seconds...very, very fast. It enabled me to catch this shot, which I probably wouldn't have gotten otherwise without my SLR (see the ejected shell in air?). It's the only area that was really better on my old Fuji than my G9 (equivalent high ISO was better, but the IS and faster lens at the long end more than make up for that on the G9).

http://www.jordansteele.com/forumlinks/m16_fire.jpg

[Canondabest]

it depends on the zoom and what ISO you are on
sometimes it takes a good 3 seconds to focus when pressing half way

[bobtodrick]

I find the 3 second time quoted to be questionable.
This image was at iso800, wide open at about 1/4 sec...lag time was well under a second.

[NOsquid]

Lag is not that bad on newer compacts, what hurts is the time it takes to focus. Not quite 1D territory.

[Savas K]

Humorously said, have her haul your 1 series with 600mm f/4 IS around a while and then she won't mind the G9 shutter lag.

[GPR1]

She doesn't like my Mark II with the 24-70 attached. Oh, the 600 would be a divorce issue. I can have whatever camera gear I want, but she's not going to carry any.

Greg

[sharky]

Pretty much everything will feel laggy compared to 1 series, but as I recently found the G9 is surprisingly capable of doing action:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2420/2198811913_f5a4482ba4_o.jpg

[wcl4]

Shutter lag isn't going to be like the DII - but it's perfectly acceptable unless you're shooting for action. Bought mine to carry around instead of lugging the IIDs around. I would say the worst part is focus hunting in low-light. I bought a small Metz flash for it and now I have very capable indoor shooting compact.

[bsmotril]

In poor light, it can be 1/2-1 second to achieve focus lock and release the shutter. Nothing like my 40D, but still better than any other point and shoot I've tried.

[GPR1]

Thank you all for your input. My wife and I visited a camera store today that had a G-9 in stock so we could try it. It's a nice little camera, but she's still trying to decide whether the lag is going to work for her.

Greg

[CJinAustin]

Thank you all for your input. My wife and I visited a camera store today that had a G-9 in stock so we could try it. It's a nice little camera, but she's still trying to decide whether the lag is going to work for her.

Greg

I think she'll have to get a DSLR to get anything noticeably faster...

Portability or shorter Lag? Sounds like she's got to pick one...

[bobtodrick]

Also no one has mentioned the fact that you can always switch to manual focus which greatly reduces lagtime. I often do this...these lenses have enough depth of field that if you stop down to F4 or so and estimate your focus relatively closely your safe.