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Medium format shutter lag: data from some older cameras

Oren Grad

Active member
The topic of shutter lag on the X1D has attracted some discussion here. To find a basis for comparison for this and other medium format digital cameras I've excavated some of my collection of old Nippon Camera magazines and pulled some medium format camera reviews; their standard test suite has included a shutter lag measurement. I found the following:

Mamiya RZ67 Pro II (7/93): 125.39 ms
Mamiya 7 (8/95): 12 ms
Bronica SQ-B (6/96): 98.6 ms
Hasselblad 503CW (5/97): 81 ms
Pentax 645N (3/98): 103.8 ms
Mamiya 645AF (2/00): 102.8 ms
Mamiya 645E (9/00): 48.6 ms

Also, Imaging Resource has posted numbers for the Pentax 645Z, using their own test method, which may not be directly comparable with the Nippon Camera data:

Shutter lag pre-focused: 112 ms
Shutter lag live view pre-focused: 385 ms

Pentax 645Z Review - Performance
 
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