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How do you deal with camera lag?

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Babybreau

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I'm having the hardest time with lag in my camera. I seer a pose, click the button, and (what seems like forever) a second or 2 later it actually takes the pic - unfortunately I miss the "moment" I wanted to capture.

My mom told me that memory cards now have different speeds and that perhaps this is my problem? Anyone know anything about this?

Is there maybe a setting I could use that would help? I've tried the "sport" setting and the "kids and pets" setting with no luck...

My mom also suggested I try the multiple shots setting (where it takes like 3 shots in a row)

How do you all cope or do you try to get your birds to pose longer?
 

LuvMyBirds

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Check your manual and see if you have an action setting. Also on mine when I lightly hold down the button to take the photo green squares pop up. If I wait for those and then click the shot, no lag time. But if I just simply click - lag time. If that make sense to you ~ I can show better than I can tell :)
 

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That's because your EasyShare is still focusing. To get rid of that lag, hold the button halfway down to have the camera focus, and then push all the way down. ;)
 

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What A.J. says is true - I learned from taking pictures that were not all in focused because I was rushing to push to the button. I just got another digital camera for my birthday and it has a "sports" setting for action shots. So you might want to check to see if that's available on your camera.
 

Babybreau

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Thanks everyone! And thanks AJ I'll have to try that if I see any good opportunities tonight!
 

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This is one of the reasons why I :heart: my DSLR. There is virtually no shutter lag even when using autofocus.
 

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When i take photos of my fids i sometimes will focus the camera on something the same distance away as they are, and then wait for a cute pose.
 

hsmoscout

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When i take photos of my fids i sometimes will focus the camera on something the same distance away as they are, and then wait for a cute pose.
:omg: So that how you do it! I could never get that many cute GCC pics! :hehe:
 
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