A query on Canon D30

N V Rao · 22nd August 2002

Hi,

I have noticed that when we go to 'play back' mode, the image displayed is vey soft initially and then gets sharp couple of moments later. Wondering if this is normal. This repeats everytime a new picture is selected in play back.

Any comments are appreciated.

Thanks.
Rao

Bluestrike · 22nd August 2002

Yes this is very normal.

N V Rao · 22nd August 2002

Thanks a lot, Bluestrike.

Rao

Bluestrike · 22nd August 2002

You're welcome...
I think the lag has something to do with the reading of the data and displaying it on the LCD.

Wai · 22nd August 2002

Get a fast CF or 1GB MD can help too, I can feel the different during playback and recording with a SanDisk CF and a Ridata 20x

of cos Ridata is much faster and also not very expensive (compare to Sandisk Ultra)

btw, i notice that the image on the LCD is slightly (abt 3mm shifted to the right, is that "normal" ??

regardless i am in the menu screen or playing back the picture, there is always a 3mm black border on the right, seems that the whole LCD is "shifted" to the left???

ckiang · 22nd August 2002

My Coolpix 950 has the same behaviour. A low res image is rendered on the screen first, after a short while, the higher res image is displayed. I suppose that's so you can roughly page through images in the PLAY mode so that you don't have to wait for each to render properly. Saves tons of time.

Regards
CK

Zoomer · 23rd August 2002

Its the same on my F707.

Bluestrike · 23rd August 2002

It shld be the same for all DC and likewise.

So far I have see it happen on Nikon, Canon, Minolta, Fuji DC. So like what Ckiang had said, it help save time. Even on a PC, it take a bit of time to render out the pic so you don't expect that a DC can be faster the a PC in rendering .....

just my $0.02

N V Rao · 23rd August 2002

Thanks for all the answers, appreciate very much.

Regards.
Rao

mylau · 23rd August 2002

Quote:

Originally posted by kamwai
Get a fast CF or 1GB MD can help too, I can feel the different during playback and recording with a SanDisk CF and a Ridata 20x

of cos Ridata is much faster and also not very expensive (compare to Sandisk Ultra)

btw, i notice that the image on the LCD is slightly (abt 3mm shifted to the right, is that "normal" ??

regardless i am in the menu screen or playing back the picture, there is always a 3mm black border on the right, seems that the whole LCD is "shifted" to the left???

That's not normal. I have not seen such a case on a D30 before. You better check with Canon.

Belle&Sebastain · 23rd August 2002

yes, i seen medium format LEAF digital backs (6X7) displaying the 'blur' image, the first one two seconds than the actual image on computers.

Zoomer · 23rd August 2002

Quote:

Originally posted by Bluestrike
It shld be the same for all DC and likewise.

So far I have see it happen on Nikon, Canon, Minolta, Fuji DC. So like what Ckiang had said, it help save time. Even on a PC, it take a bit of time to render out the pic so you don't expect that a DC can be faster the a PC in rendering .....

just my $0.02

I believe it loads as a low quality jpeg first, and displays that on the lcd screen to avoid lengthy delays while the full image is fetched from the flash memory.

Remember, flash memory is quite slow, their access speed is like a few megs /s only.

22nd August 2002	#1
N V Rao Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 375	A query on Canon D30 Hi, I have noticed that when we go to 'play back' mode, the image displayed is vey soft initially and then gets sharp couple of moments later. Wondering if this is normal. This repeats everytime a new picture is selected in play back. Any comments are appreciated. Thanks. Rao

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Wai Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: South Pole with Penguins Posts: 5,133	Get a fast CF or 1GB MD can help too, I can feel the different during playback and recording with a SanDisk CF and a Ridata 20x of cos Ridata is much faster and also not very expensive (compare to Sandisk Ultra) btw, i notice that the image on the LCD is slightly (abt 3mm shifted to the right, is that "normal" ?? regardless i am in the menu screen or playing back the picture, there is always a 3mm black border on the right, seems that the whole LCD is "shifted" to the left??? __________________ We are HDD of PC & FT are MB add to storage; so PC never hangs with enormous storage capacity - LKY

22nd August 2002	#2
Bluestrike Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: There lor~ Posts: 4,843	Yes this is very normal.

22nd August 2002	#6
ckiang Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Singapore Posts: 6,597	My Coolpix 950 has the same behaviour. A low res image is rendered on the screen first, after a short while, the higher res image is displayed. I suppose that's so you can roughly page through images in the PLAY mode so that you don't have to wait for each to render properly. Saves tons of time. Regards CK

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Zoomer Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Singapore Posts: 708	Its the same on my F707.

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Belle&Sebastain Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: here Posts: 3,752	yes, i seen medium format LEAF digital backs (6X7) displaying the 'blur' image, the first one two seconds than the actual image on computers.