How quickly does it snap pictures? Is it good for action shots, or is there a delay?
342525
the elph 110 hs is greate for action shots, depending on the ligthning conditions. if you are in bright light, you can take serveral good action shots per second, even in the "auto mode". not when the camera is challenged to use the flashlight. for obvious reasons. in this case it may be better to use the camera in "program mode". - karl -
1736421
Actually to be honest with, it seems to be pretty fast to me at least. It´s pretty impressive how the shutter reacts, as soon as I press the button to take the picture. This is why I bought in the first place; Id say in circumstances where there a lot of movemente its probably less than a second for the camera to record the picture taken I´ve taken so many at a time, its awesome.
1788924
The delay before shooting isn't very noticeable to me.... I love my camera! Great scene capabilities... and effects.
2095270
I got this as a gift for my brother, so I have not really worked with it. It would be hard to capture good actions shots, I would think unless you were really close up and held the camera really still or put on a tripod. I finally broke down and bought a Canon Rebel SLR to take photos at football games. Even with that you need the additional telephoto lens and set it to TV mode, but of course, it is a lot more expensive. My brother loves this one for general picture taking.
1250117
Very little, if you press the shutter half way to set focus, then the picture is taken very quickly after the shutter is fully pressed. I know that is not as fast as a dslr, but it is much faster than other point and shoot that I have ever used.
2283980
Like other responses, I have used the Panasonic app successfully on an Android phone. There is a noticeable lag when taking a picture. I have not timed it but feels close to 1/2 to 3/4 a second. The live display is also delayed and is probably show at 10 frames/sec. ( but again I have not timed it.) So I would not recommend the interface for taking action shots. It is fine for group portrait shots - especially to get the framing right, but not to catch that fleeting expression. Best use I have found is for a remote shutter release of a long exposure when camera is on a tripod.
1947165
Hi there, sorry for the late response but we just started using this. The shutter delay is basically non-existent, it snaps as soon as the button is pushed which is awesome! Highly recommend!
32229
I have no complaints. There is a mode setting for fast action which sets a relatively higher ISO speed and opens up the F stop to maximize the shutter speed. And of course, if you halfway depress the shutter, it virtually eliminates shutter lag.
2233711
Very, very fast in outdoor shots, but with the flash on it slows it down some. I have not used the flash very often since it is summer season, but i will soon and will post my thoughts on it then. I'm still in the beginning stages of using the flash. The non-flash pictures are absolutely stunning though!
1242032
Depends. It's a little slow if you want to use autofocus on action shots but amazing depth of field and sharp images. But if it's bright light and you have some experience tracking moving objects, I'd say it's a great choice.
501977
No, yes, and yes. The burst mode can take 30 shots in 1 second. The battery holds up well in my opinion. But ive never measured it. And the quality certainly degrades with increasing focal length. The picture quality will be disappointing compared to a DSLR.
1505635
I don't feel any delay issues when snapping, to me is fast enough. The battery is decent so far; i bought and extra batery tough
1697917
Nope, it has a quick shutter lag speed, I believe it's called. This was the number one priority for me too when researching cameras. I'm happy with this one. It also takes good pics in low light on the right setting and good action shots. Very happy with the camera for the price and size.
1326317
Its better than most cameras. Especially if you hold the button down halfway first and let the camera focus first, then the shutter lag is almost non-existent. If you're pushing the button all the way without pre-focusing, it can take a few seconds for the camera to focus and then take.
1008613
This camera should do a good job for you. It has a sports setting for capturing very fast action. The camera does an amazing job with focus. While at Disney this summer, I took a photo of a still object that was about 1/4 mile away using the zom feature. The framing and focus were perfect. I mention this because I was moving at aprox 10 mph on a train when I snapped the photo. The only thing you have to keep in mind when using this camera is the location of your fingers on the left. It is easy cover up the pop up flash. You should also have a spare battery.
1290314
I haven't owned many other cameras besides this one, the other ones i've used are at least 5 years older so this feels lighting quick, but what I have read is this camera is slightly slower than others on the market in terms of insta-shots (pressing the button right away without half-pressing it to focus), but it is one of the quickest out there after you have already half-pressed it. I always half-press my shots anyways because I find it essential to get consistent, decent photo quality, but that's just me. What I have read is after half-pressing, the shutter speed is ~450ms, and when pressing it right away, it takes ~950ms to take a picture. Those numbers seem consistent with results I have gotten. Like the other review I read, the reasoning behind this could easily be because this camera's auto settings are much more advanced than in the past that the focus processing algorithms take longer to go through, but once it is focused, its actual shutter speed delay is very short. Do keep in mind that this camera has a continuous shoot mode (~3.4 shots/sec) as well as a high-speed burst mode (~9 shots/sec), but the high-speed bursts are only 3 megapixels (lower quality). To people saying the camera does not come anywhere close to these results, my guess is it is because they have a slower (class 4 or 6) SD card inside. I have a Sandisk extreme class 10 in mine (up to 30 mb/s, class 10 means the disk is rated at a minimum 10mb/s), and the results i got seem much closer to the 3.4 and 9 shots/sec factory results. This camera is about as quick as it gets when it comes to point-and-shoot shutter lag speeds. Put a fast memory card in there and the delay you are used to seeing in other (esp older) cameras is virtually gone. Turn off picture review (where it shows the picture right after taking it) and you'll get even faster results.
977759
Yes, it does but I don't use that feature very often, it takes a few seconds, at least 5 to write the burst and that can be too slow for quick action, but if you are wanting a single burst set, it is reasonable. I have not had too much success with fast action capture with this camera. I use it for scenery and video, the sound capture is outstanding, see what it can do at youtube, look up ddupont, these were all from this camera.