Nikon D5300 with either DX lens - "shutter lag"
Nov 18, 2017 11:11:30 #
DaveyDitzer
Loc: Western PA
tomcat wrote:
I had this problem happen when I was taking flash ... (show quote)
No flash involved in this behaviour - just shooting available light but with reasonable shutter speeds.
Nov 18, 2017 11:21:33 #
DaveyDitzer wrote:
No flash involved in this behaviour - just shooting available light but with reasonable shutter speeds.
OK. Got it. One other thing to consider is the focus lock-on. When you are shooting children's faces or subjects that don't have much contrast, the camera will take a longer time to lock on the focus. Accurate and timely focusing depends on having areas of contrast. When I take pictures of children, I have to focus on the eye and cheek at the same time in order to provide the contrast needed for quick focus lock. Otherwise, the camera will not acquire focus and will not take a picture. You can see this illustrated if you try to focus on a smooth wall with no contrast. The camera simply will not focus on areas of low contrast. Try this and see if this is what's causing the problem.
As an alternative to your style of shooting, change the shutter release mode to take a picture without focus being acquired. This will get you a shot, even if it's out of focus and may help your shooting style.
Nov 18, 2017 11:27:08 #
Nov 18, 2017 11:28:09 #
DaveyDitzer
Loc: Western PA
DaveyDitzer wrote:
Hi all, Shooting my D5300 with either DX lens, sometimes I experience a long pause from the time I trip the shutter until I can shoot the next shot. It is not slow shutter speed. I have tested this. So during this pause, the shutter has already completed its action. This occurs with JPEG + RAW, but not consistently so I don't think it's file size. Any ideas from you all would be appreciated.
Several good suggestions that I can begin working on. Again, thank you all for investing your energy in helping me.
Nov 18, 2017 12:13:47 #
Bear2
Loc: Southeast,, MI
tomcat wrote:
I had this problem happen when I was taking flash ... (show quote)
Keep new/fresh batteries in your flash.
Duane
Nov 18, 2017 12:24:40 #
Bear2 wrote:
Keep new/fresh batteries in your flash.
Duane
Duane
Thanks for the suggestion. But the camera flash is recharged by the camera's battery, so it's subject to the camera's idiosyncrasies for recycle time. However, my SBs are powered with Quantum battery packs that are always fully charged before a shoot.
Nov 18, 2017 14:40:58 #
But that would be a consistent delay for every exposure, not a sometimes delay.
--Bob
--Bob
martinfisherphoto wrote:
You have accidentally set a time delay on your shutter. If you don't now how to access this feature and correct, then the simple 2 Green Button reset will take you back to factory default settings.
Nov 18, 2017 15:31:30 #
rmalarz wrote:
But that would be a consistent delay for every exposure, not a sometimes delay.
--Bob
--Bob
Yeah, my guess is that it's the focus and it has trouble locking on to the focus point when he has a low contrast subject. Happens to me a lot.
Nov 18, 2017 18:52:16 #
I would highly suspect that it is the writing ability of your memory card. If you aren't using a compatible or sufficient write speed memory card it will slow your camera to nothing. Get a card that can write fast enough for what you want it will make a world of difference. This is one are you an not be too cheap. After all you get what you pay for. The cards I use are rated at least 1000X.
Nov 19, 2017 13:48:35 #
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