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Digital Camera Reviews the Canon Powershot S5 IS and writes about its Shutter Performance that “The S5 IS offers a range of shutter speeds from 15 to 1/3200 of a second. Shutter lag once focus is acquired is good. You’ll pretty much get the shot you take with the S5 IS if it has acquired focus.

Canon lists a 1.5 frame per second continuous shooting rate, and a 0.9 fps continuous rate with AF for the S5 IS. That 1.5 fps rate is achieved by taking the focus for the initial shot and applying it to all subsequent shots in the series. Unless you’re shooting a subject that doesn’t move from the original point of focus, there’s a pretty good chance shots 2 through whatever are going to get progressively worse from a focus standpoint when shooting only continuous. Continuous with AF is the option of choice if you have to shoot a series of a moving subject, and the camera does a pretty good job with the focus in this mode. What’s difficult is keeping the subject in the viewfinder/monitor for the next shot, since the camera screen goes blank for a split second after each shot in the series, and you’re left to pan by instinct. Once the screen comes back on, the next shot happens quickly and leaves you little time to adjust the subject’s location in the frame if it’s not where you want it.”

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