Canon for Underwater ? Slow and bad Shuttle lag anything besides Canon ?

"Louis" <andylouie@hotmail.com> pounded away at his keyboard resulting
in:
:I have tried several cameras [own the G6 actually] but looking at
:several smaller ones but it seems that most of the Canon are slow. For
:regular onland taking they are nice and good but underwater, due to
:nature of taking.. it seems most of the ones I have seen and tested
:[s300, 310, s410, s500, s510, A75] are quite slow.. when depressed the
:focus button there is a few seconds lag. Is there a particular Digital
:Camera which has fast startup and not much lag ?

My Sony P93 takes less than a second to focus. The only time I get
lag is when it is dark, and that ain't for focusing. It also happens
on land.

Dan Bracuk
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.. Is there a particular Digital
> Camera which has fast startup and not much lag ?

My FujiFilm F700 has VERY quick startup, and quick focus/storage time.
Storage time obviously increases with resolution, but even for RAW its in
the region of 1 second.

Try the Sea and Sea range.

Manual focus will help and also radically improve battery life.

On 1 Feb 2005 15:34:10 -0800, "Louis" <andylouie@hotmail.com> wrote:

>I have tried several cameras [own the G6 actually] but looking at
>several smaller ones but it seems that most of the Canon are slow. For
>regular onland taking they are nice and good but underwater, due to
>nature of taking.. it seems most of the ones I have seen and tested
>[s300, 310, s410, s500, s510, A75] are quite slow.. when depressed the
>focus button there is a few seconds lag. Is there a particular Digital
>Camera which has fast startup and not much lag ?

On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 21:44:02 -0500, A Sailor <paceship_at_sentex.ca>
wrote:

>Manual focus will help and also radically improve battery life.
>
>On 1 Feb 2005 15:34:10 -0800, "Louis" <andylouie@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>I have tried several cameras [own the G6 actually] but looking at
>>several smaller ones but it seems that most of the Canon are slow. For
>>regular onland taking they are nice and good but underwater, due to
>>nature of taking.. it seems most of the ones I have seen and tested
>>[s300, 310, s410, s500, s510, A75] are quite slow.. when depressed the
>>focus button there is a few seconds lag. Is there a particular Digital
>>Camera which has fast startup and not much lag ?

The digital SLR cameras are the only ones that get shutter lag down to
acceptable levels. Try a digital Rebel or D70.