D5300 Live View Delay

I recently bought a D5300 with a Tamron 16-300 zoom. I use the viewfinder most of the time, but now and again, I use live view.

Here is my question - when I use the viewfinder and press the shutter release, you hear the mirror go up and down as quickly as the shutter speed is set, say 1/500 at whatever f/stop is selected (S priority). However, in live view with the same settings, you hear the mirror go up as soon as you activate live view, then when the release is pressed, there is a delay between the time the release is pressed, the picture is recorded and the mirror goes down. The best way to describe this is it is as if it's set for a long exposure when it is not. Is this normal? Do I need to change a setting?

Thanks

Its normal. A lot goes on in live view when you take a shot, its not just a screen capture. It logs as two shutter counts and it takes some extra time. It sounds like you know what's going on inside a DSLR. Walk it through... enter live view, mirror goes up and shutter opens to expose the sensor. At some point you take a shot. The shutter must close, then reopen for the shutter time, then close to end the shutter time. Finally, the shutter must re-open to get back to live view. Depending on how long your shutter speed, this might be heard as 3 or 4 separate clicks.

nickt said:

Its normal. A lot goes on in live view when you take a shot, its not just a screen capture. It logs as two shutter counts and it takes some extra time. It sounds like you know what's going on inside a DSLR. Walk it through... enter live view, mirror goes up and shutter opens to expose the sensor. At some point you take a shot. The shutter must close, then reopen for the shutter time, then close to end the shutter time. Finally, the shutter must re-open to get back to live view. Depending on how long your shutter speed, this might be heard as 3 or 4 separate clicks.

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Nick, I thought I read something about how the AF changes when using live view. It was something about how the AF is set directly to the sensor instead of how it is done normally (something to that effect anyway). Do you know anything about that? Would it cause a delay with the shutter?

hark said:

Nick, I thought I read something about how the AF changes when using live view. It was something about how the AF is set directly to the sensor instead of how it is done normally (something to that effect anyway). Do you know anything about that? Would it cause a delay with the shutter?

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I don't know a lot about the details. I know it's two different AF methods. Viewfinder is phase detection, which I think is a modern electronic version of the old split prism and we now multiple points if we want. It works pretty fast. Live view is contrast detection and can be slower but more accurate. It can be done anywhere in the frame too since its all done in software.
I googled this article for somebody the other day.
https://support.nikonusa.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/18855/~/live-view-and-viewfinder-focus

I have another question re: live view and delay. Would it make any difference in the in reducing the shutter delay if I were to use a higher speed memory card? I'm using a 16 Gb card that came with my camera. Not fast, not slow. Kind of in the middle.

I have another question re: live view and delay. Would it make any difference in the in reducing the shutter delay if I were to use a higher speed memory card? I'm using a 16 Gb card that came with my camera. Not fast, not slow. Kind of in the middle.

Sorry about the duplicate question. must have hit the submit button in error.

jayw said:

I have another question re: live view and delay. Would it make any difference in the in reducing the shutter delay if I were to use a higher speed memory card? I'm using a 16 Gb card that came with my camera. Not fast, not slow. Kind of in the middle.

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What is the read/write speed of the card, on my sandisk extreme 16gb card its 80mb/s

It should be written on the front of the card.

If you are talking about the extra click-clack delay of a single shot in live view that we talked about above, no, a faster card will not help with that. If you are holding down the shutter button and shooting in continuous high mode, then you might benefit from a faster card if you can't hold the max frame rate for more than 4 or 5 continuous shots.

I'll answer both questions - I have a Delkin 16 Gb UHS-I card 80 mb/s read & 45 mb/s write.

The sound and visual I get is as follows: Hear the mirror "slap" when the Live View is activated. Press the shutter release 1/2 way and I hear the lens (Tamron 16-300mm zoom) focusing. Continue to press the release button, then the capture click-clack, silence and the monitor goes black. After about a second or so, another click-clack and the image appears on the monitor.

So, from what you tell me above, this is normal.

Oh well, I guess I'll have to live with this. Truth be told, I'll probably only use Live View when the camera is on a tripod.

Thanks for the replies.

Yup, normal, the card won't change that. Most dslr users would not consider live view an everyday thing. Its more for special situations. Everybody probably has different situations where they might prefer to use it. For me that would be some macro shots and moon shots from the tripod. I like that I can zoom in on live view (with the magnify button) for more precise manual focusing.