When you click to take picture, is it focus &amp; click? Is it quick, so you can take a another picture? Or is there a delay?
1814872
There is quite a delay. it does take beautiful pictures and the zoom is fantastic!
887127
HGW, you have to manually zoom but it has auto-focus. I don't know the exact time on pressing the shutter release and the taking of the photo but you can take about 10 photos in about 5 secs. Fastest camera at taking photos I've ever had.
2120487
No, there should be no delay. Check if you have shutter delay in the camera menu. It is not normal to have delay only with the flash.
1504081
Did anybody ever let you know (or did you get the Fuji to find out) how quickly it will take a photo? I have a Canon and want to go with a smaller, less expensive, more durable model/make - but I need instant images.
1864050
I have not had any problems with the camera not taking the picture at all, however, focusing sometimes takes a relatively long time, especially when using the zoom. If I use the zoom in less than bright conditions, it sometimes takes a very long time to focus and shoot.
2104499
It is only a few seconds, maybe two or three. I used this camera for the first time this weekend on a getaway & had no issue with the slight delay. Still got great pictures.
501978
No wait time between shots. battery life is exceptional. Picture quality is good...whenever you you zoom past the optical limit and start using the digital zoom it degrades the image quality and that is true with any camera. You will like like the camera, very easy to use.
30300
It is pretty slow between shots. More than three seconds. It seems that it takes a long time to autofocus between shots. I put an 8gb sd card in and now most of the time I shoot in continuous shooting mode, which takes as many shots as you'd like rapidly, as long as you hold down the shutter button. Remember this is not an expensive camera. I have a Lumix DMC-ZS10 (about 2 years old), which was almost $300 at the time, which takes only a second or less between pics.
1927861
The battery runs out kind of quick...but I run the lens a lot. The shutter speed is good. Just dont' usse the face identity option while taking the pictures. Auto focus is pretty quick. I still like it....and I have had it a while now.
1505632
No, no delay when snapping pics. That was one of my biggest must haves as I have a young child that is always on the move. I've been very happy with this camera. No problems with the battery life. I did buy extra batteries though so I always have an extra one ready to go.
678673
I'm one of those guys who starts pushing buttons before I look at the manual. hah This is what I figured out: First, you can use the button to take photos even without batteries or the power turned on. If all you want is a remote shutter without any of the timer features, you should be ok without turning it on. Across the top are the following marks: DE - Delay.. how long to pause before taking the first photo BU - Bulb.. basically how long to keep the shutter open when your camera is in BULB mode INT - Interval.. how long to wait between taking the next photo N - Number of photos to take. Blank for unlimited &lt;speaker&gt; - Volume of beeps. Including countdown beeps before next photo is taken LEFT/RIGHT on the direction pad to select which of these you're changing CENTER BUTTON on direction pad to tell it you want to change the selected item After you press the CENTER BUTTON, you can use LEFT/RIGHT to select which item to change (hours/minutes/seconds/etc).. if you press LEFT/RIGHT again when you're on the first/last setting for that item, it'll go to the previous/next item so you can set all your parameters without exiting "edit mode". Once you ever everything set, exit edit mode by pressing the center button again. Press start/stop to start the countdown and image taking sequence. Looks like you can also hold down the main button (has HOLD printed on it) to take long exposures (might require BULB mode? haven't tested this). Also, sliding the main button up appears to hold it down for you until you slide it back down. You can't slide it up with the button pressed (I originally thought you'd press then slide up to hold but it doesn't work like that). The light/lock button lights up the display on a single press, locks the settings on a long-press. I think that's everything. Hope that helps!
1115433
It does not take pictures immediately; it has some delay. It also has some delay after the picture was taken before you can take the next. This was the main reason I had to return it.
1500902
I have never had more than a 2 second delay. There is an option to put the camera on action so the delay time is minimal
1221045
Quite unscientific, but an educated guess is about two seconds from press button, take pic, process/view, manually take next picture. Fastest camera I have ever used. Of course you can also use it in the "burst or continuous" mode and take multiple pics in one press. In that mode, it is of course, much faster as you are not displaying each pic until you stop and choose to view. Hope it helps.
1505637
There is a little delay. More on some settings than others. I would say the battery life is good but I would recommend having a backup. I haven't had the camera for long and I'm no expert so I don't know what would be considered normal usage. I have shot over a hundred pictures on one battery and that is with some playing around with the camera also. Hope this helps.
743513
The start time is fast with the ability to take a picture right away. If you were in a zoom mode, the camera will open to that zoom mode. If you were zoomed in at maxium, there is a slight pause as the camera is trying to focus in on the object you are pointing at. This time frame can be shortened by pressing the shutter half way forcing the camera to focus.
1747121
There are a couple different methods of snapping pictures, holding the button down, or simply pressing and releasing. In the correct settings for your lighting it's very fast, but in low light and very dark scenarios it can tak a second. Especially if the desired target is far away. In normal lighting in auto, the photos come quickly and if you are new to the camera, you can accidentally take sever pictures without realizing it. In other words, pretty damn fast, but for split second photos, you will still need to time it a little, it's not a dslr