You can always circumvent the shutter lag by depressing the shutter
release a short distance to pre-focus and then releasing it when the
action comes together.
I've never bought one of those little pocket things, but, to tell you
the truth I think the iPhone is the best suggestion.
Certainly the Canons and Lumices have a very good reputation, and you
can compare things like features and shutter lag at dpreview. I
personally could not live without a viewfinder but I know from
helping other people buy this type of camera that the models that
have one are few and verrrry far between.
Still, the iPhone's camera is quite something to behold, the capacity
to email pix around when on trips is a lot of fun and there sure are
some silly and fun apps to manipulate the pix with when everything
else around you is boring.
--
Emily L. Ferguson
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