Does the camera have a long start up time from turning on to taking the picture? And how is the time from taking one picture to the next?
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I though the camera was good for water pictures. Wouldn't use it for any other reason. Pic to pic time is average and once you turn it on it is ready to go.
1557601
I gave this as a gift so I don't know. I do know that my son absolutely loves the camera!
1557602
The picture quality is poor and the camera is not reliable. Don't bother to think about the time response of the camera.
1557603
Start up time is short. The time between the taking of one picture to the next is, of course, not as quick as a SLR; I'd say 3 to 5 seconds.
1969614
I haven't used the camera much. I bought it for others to use, so I'm not an expert. But from what I've seen, my guess is that it will take a couple of hours of video. If the charge life is a concern, I suggest getting a second battery.
554066
The camera comes with a cord to plug the camera into an AC outlet. When the camera is plugged in, the battery recharges. That takes about two hours. I'm not sure how the long the battery lasts when charged though. I only just got the camera.I took photos with it for about a half hour or so. The rechargable battery seems to last longer than AA batteries would with my old camera.
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Hi Andrew, Coincidentally, my husband who is the owner of the camera is also the owner of a motorcycle. Now, while we both recommend that one never fiddles with anything while riding, he has informed me that it is quite easy to turn on and off because there are only 2 buttons: an on/off button on the bottom and a start/ stop botton on the top. The only thing is, you'll have to look in the mirror to see if the functions worked; you won't be able to hear anything. The battery last about 45 minutes to an hour and 15 minutes. We hope you find this helpful and that you enjoy the camera if you happen to buy it. It has many uses and we both love it.
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My camera has two modes. One is a time delay feature. So I'll get everything ready, set a delay, hold the camera out and wait for the timer. The other mode is a rapid picture mode. It allows me to have the camera take pictures once a minute until it runs out of memory. So I set the camera to start taking time slice pictures. The first few pictures are me positioning the camera and throw away. The last few pictures are me turning the camera off and throw away. Hopefully I get a few good pictures in the middle.It has been a little trial and error but I'm getting better at it.
877873
The sx260 doesn't have shutter lag but it has picture lag. This it's where it takes a little too long to wait between repetitive shots
2177890
I must have got a lemon. Battery life is sporadic, and not dependent on the usual factors, like using flash or video. I turn off my camera after each photo or group of photos. Sometimes a battery will last a 1-2 hours, sometimes a few weeks. I have three with me at all times or I may not be able to use my camera.
834412
There is a mode button which you need to click on until you are given to choose language. No the camera can be difficult to start, but I have two of them and so far so good.
1200730
That is very normal your camera is set to one minute, if you want it to stay on longer the next setting is 5 minutes, but it will still go black, it is recording at all times until you shut off the power to the camera.Ron
2116473
I don't have enough experience with prolonged photo sessions to give you definitive answer on the battery life. My initial perception is that it's less than the Canon pocket cameras I've used in the past. That's why I bought a couple of aftermarket batteries to have as spares. I did not exhaust the battery over the holiday period, during which time I turned the camera on frequently and took a modest number of photos (less than 100), all on a single charge. I do not view battery life as a negative on this camera.
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I don't remember it taking anymore time than a second or two. It doesn't have the settings for continuous, but I did not notice much downtime at all between photos. Hope that helps.
2136216
I thought that taking many photos to get one good picture is unavoidable when taking photos of children. I would like to have a camera with short recycle time(shot-to-shot time) in order to take many photos at the same situation. I thought that typical shot to shot time for this camera is not too bad, but it's very slow to recover when using flash. Is that true? How about if you use a continuous shooting mode? Is it slow even without flash?
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I don't know what that means, recovery time, my best guess what you want to know is how long do you have to wait until you can take another picture and not sure on the exact amount of time, but it's longer than I like (I have a 3 year old) but not as long as my old camera. I'm sure there is a way to set it on fast or multiple picture taking, just haven't figured that out yet. My best guess is at least 30 seconds. Hope that answers your question.
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Shutter lag is ok..it's just the time it takes for for the camera reset to take the next photo that I am not happy with...I guess I should not have such high expectations for a $149 camera..
1560813
there is about a 1 second delay with taking pictures; at least, it is when i'm trying to take a picture of my dog. there is a mode to place the camera in for pets; i tried it once. i do believe there was still a delay but the picture wasn't blurry. hope this helps.
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Nope. Once you've set it (turn it on), as I recall, everything is automatic. As with any new touch-screen device it may take awhile for you to get the hang of the menu operation but once you've played with it for a day or two you'll have it down and some of the features are not the kinda stuff that a "regular" point-and-shoot photographer should be playing with anyway....they won't help produce a better shot in the context of how I use the camera, at least. There are about ten settings I even care about and once I've set them, I pretty much forget about them. Hope this is useful to you.
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In my opinion, when using the video function there is a delay. there may be a slight delay in picture mode but not more than any other camera I have used. hope this helps!