reaction time test

[FrankS]

Hey. Found this link on another site to test your reaction time:

http://www.humanbenchmark.com/tests/reactiontime/index.php

When you see the perfect moment in the viewfinder, how quick are you to capture that decisive moment? (add you camera's shutter lag time to your reaction time)

Good luck, have fun!

 

[bolohead]

197.8 mss. I wish all of my subjects turned green just at the perfect picture taking moment.

 

[maddoc]

200.5ms .... Not sufficient for the "Decisive Moment"

 

[shayallen]

I got 207.6ms and will try again tomorrow!

 

[ZeissFan]

If you shoot a lot of sports, then you begin to anticipate the action, so you begin to press the shutter release just before a ball is thrown or caught.

Doesn't always work so well when shooting portraits or out for fun.

 

[Bob Michaels]

If you shoot a lot of sports, then you begin to anticipate the action, so you begin to press the shutter release just before a ball is thrown or caught.

I agree completely. I shot a lot of sports decades ago, mostly high level youth soccer. It is all about following the flow of the game closely and anticipating key moments. No reaction time is short enough to save you otherwise. Especially when you are focusing a wide open 300mm lens on someone 50 feet away and moving.