Are you interested in SSM lens?

ninelives · 28th June 2002

just a simple poll.

Darren · 28th June 2002

What does SSM mean?

1. Super Sado Masochistic
2. Super Silent Mechanism
3. ShiSaMo
4. Sexy Super Model
5. Soft Silent Man

And I can't find any reference to SSM on Minolta website

Jed · 28th June 2002

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Originally posted by Darren
1. Super Sado Masochistic

Oh no, looks like Darren's letting his erotic imagination (or is that kinky?) run wild again...

Darren · 28th June 2002

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Originally posted by Jed
Oh no, looks like Darren's letting his erotic imagination (or is that kinky?) run wild again...

hahahaha - just don't bend over when your soap drops on the floor in the common shower room.....

Belle&Sebastain · 28th June 2002

Can someone post Darren pic on the net, just in case?

nhyone · 28th June 2002

Someone on the MML said SSM stands for "Same Slow Motor".

Well, that remains to be seen.

Anyway, the poll options are pretty limited. Where is plain old "no"?

ninelives · 28th June 2002

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Originally posted by Darren
[b]What does SSM mean?

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Super-sonic motor

TME · 2nd July 2002

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Originally posted by ninelives

Super-sonic motor

Isn't SSM the same as Canon's USM and Sigma's HSM? I think it is a good think cos until now, Minolta's body are rather well-known to have slower focus times compared to cameras with lens motors. Andm aybe with the introduction of SSMs into Minolta lens, then image stabilization can be a real option in the near future.

ninelives · 3rd July 2002

correction : usm, hsm or ssm does not help in forcusing, it only help in tracking-meaning u when u to forcus on an moving object(car or bird), usm, hsm, ssm will be faster.

TME · 3rd July 2002

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Originally posted by ninelives
correction : usm, hsm or ssm does not help in forcusing, it only help in tracking-meaning u when u to forcus on an moving object(car or bird), usm, hsm, ssm will be faster.

What I meant was that the motor helps the camera lens to attain focus faster. That is the camera motor will tend to be slower when driving the same heavy lens to the focus lock point as compared to when u have SSM, HSM or USM. I think it is the speed with which the camera lens shifts into focus after the camera's meter has locked its focus.

I understand that the SSM, etc does not help with the focussing, as that is dependent of the camera's meter and other external factors, just that it drives the lens to its focus point as determined by the camera's meter faster. So in a sense, focussing is faster since u wait less for the camera to be ready to shoot, especially when u have focus priority instead of shutter priorty. For this reason, I have chosen shutter priority as my 505si takes a long time to get a heavy lens to its focus point, and sometimes u can't just wait for the focus to be pin sharp as in action shots and so u just shoot first to capture the action but sacrifice some sharpness.

anonymous · 2nd August 2002

so TME, you are interested in SSM ?

TME · 2nd August 2002

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Originally posted by anonymous
so TME, you are interested in SSM ?

Yeah! If it is not too expensive!

ckiang · 3rd August 2002

Super Slow Motor

Regards
CK

TME · 4th August 2002

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Originally posted by ckiang
Super Slow Motor

Regards
CK

Don't like that lah!!

Ian · 1st September 2002

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Originally posted by ckiang
Super Slow Motor

Regards
CK

..and there I was thinking 'Seriously Slow Motor' or maybe 'Stupendeously Slow Moving' or even 'So Slow Man!'

ninelives · 1st September 2002

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Originally posted by Ian

..and there I was thinking 'Seriously Slow Motor' or maybe 'Stupendeously Slow Moving' or even 'So Slow Man!'

lol .

ninelives · 11th September 2002

actually it stands for 'silent sonic motor'

TME · 12th September 2002

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Originally posted by ninelives
actually it stands for 'silent sonic motor'

I see. So when is it going to debut?

Ian · 12th September 2002

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Originally posted by TME

I see. So when is it going to debut?

It debuts 15 years after Canon and nearly 8 years after Nikon. Gee how innovative of Minolta...

ninelives · 12th September 2002

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Originally posted by Ian

It debuts 15 years after Canon and nearly 8 years after Nikon. Gee how innovative of Minolta...

yes, it will take them another 15 more years to release a IS/USM lens.

it will take them another 15 years to release a DSLR.

View Poll Results: Are you interested in SSM lens
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ninelives Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: BB Posts: 2,622	correction : usm, hsm or ssm does not help in forcusing, it only help in tracking-meaning u when u to forcus on an moving object(car or bird), usm, hsm, ssm will be faster.

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anonymous Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Silicon Valley Posts: 99	so TME, you are interested in SSM ?

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ckiang Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Singapore Posts: 6,597	Super Slow Motor Regards CK

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ninelives Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: BB Posts: 2,622	actually it stands for 'silent sonic motor'