Lag

Shutter Lag - This is a problem found on many digital cameras. Because of a the way they work, there will often be a slight delay between pressing the button and the camera actually taking the shot. The Latest digicam designs have reduced this problem a great deal. This problem is normally overcome when half depressing the shutter button whilst composing the shot, this will focus lock and preset the shutter speed on most models thus making the lag" virtually nil when you finally take the picture."