If you are experiencing long shutter delays the most likely culprit is
autofocus. Either switch to manual focus or customize the camera's
setting to use the AEL/AFL button to focus the camera (See page 92 of
the E-3 user's manual). Then the shutter button will not cause
focusing. It will only control locking the exposure when it reaches
half press.
For a professional level camera it doesn't make much sense to have
exposure and focus locked together with the press of the shutter button.
Refocusing on every press of the shutter button simply isn't necessary
(we didn't do it on our OMs) and only adds unnecessary delay until the
camera is ready to shoot.
Recomputing exposure on every press of the shutter button is rarely
necessary either. However, the only way to defeat that is to switch to
manual exposure control.
Try it, you'll like it. But you'll no doubt miss a few shots in the
beginning when you fail to remember that you must first focus the camera
independently of the shutter release.
Chuck Norcutt
On 7/22/2011 9:08 AM, Brian Swale wrote:
> Yesterday I wanted to take some shots of my adoptive grand-daughter
> jumping on the trampoline. So I hauled out the E-3.
>
> While I have previously suspected shutter delay on this machine, none of
> that was anything like the delay this time. For the first shot it seemed
> like a
> full 2 seconds. Probably wasn't, of course, but that's what it seemed like,
> and of course the crucial moment was completely missed.
>
> So I eventually found ( left-side mode button, and front wheel - which
> normally I never use), sequential shooting - or whatever it's called.
>
> Never before have I burned through so much virtual film !!
>
> It was like a slow machine-gun. However, within the 36 shots I did get some
> good ones. If there was shutter delay, it didn't matter much any more.
>
> Then I turned it off.
>
> Brian Swale.
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