Tim wrote in news:mXSZa.68$ snipped-for-privacy@fe04.atl.webusenet.com:
Yes, I've been quite impressed with Chris's success rate. This is harder than it looks, and not to minimize Chris's skill, I have to wonder if the "shutter delay" typical of most digital cameras is an advantage here - if you press the "take" button at "zero", the right camera might have the right delay to actually take the picture at liftoff.
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This is one of my pet peeves. The shutter delay on my Koolpix (850?) seems random. I've asked about this, what it takes to get a predictable and short reaction times, and the only answer I've gotten is "you get it when you spend $7K."
When the last picture has already been saved, the memory buffer has been purged, and the release partially depressed to lock in the settings, there is no reason I can think of why the camera doesn't instantaneously take the pic when the button is depressed the rest of the way.
My only guess is that the manufacturer intentionally made it that way to protect his higher end model pricing.
Do any of you camera gurus know something which would give a not-so-Machiavellian explanation?
Doug
Certainly not for my HPR sized rckets. It sucks alot.
Jerry
Rick O'Neil of ROC now claims personal jurisdiction over a 3 mile radius at Lucerne Dry lake INCLUDING FAR 101 exempt rockets more than the maximum TRA offset distances away.
Someone quote me where he has this authority :)
no it was not intentional. it was simply an oversight or flaw. they remedied it in the 900 series so you bought just a hair too early.
I believe they also fixed this >
HPR rockets are oddly enough some of the very easiest to shoot. and I mean just about anything. Except when I slight bend the rules.
you see the safe distances used at mose fields means you do not have to be all that accurate to catch it boosting in your field of view. now when I sneak in significantly closer things change a lot.
they get much harder to catch BUT the payback if you do catch them is significant (alla my High Power Deuce's Wild shot from NSL. compare with shot from naram where I was much farther away from the rocket.
Which is where???
I'd like to see a list of cameras people recommend, that have pre-focus, manual controls, etc, and preferably don't cost a fortune.
Bob Kaplow NAR # 18L TRA # "Impeach the TRA BoD" >>> To reply, remove the TRABoD!
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