Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
"We need a digital camera that can be switched on and fire off that first shot fast. It's not a commonly tracked statistic on any review site, and nobody seems to have this information for every camera. We were hoping other readers could inform us as to what small digital cameras can fire off their first pics in under a second (ideally under half a second). It needs to be small, but mostly, just really quick in operation. Thanks!"
Well, welcome to May 23rd, 2010. I am from the FUTURE! My DeLorean after reaching 88 is just cooling down now...
Marty! A funny thing has happened! Doc?
SSD's have dropped in price. Now a 64GB SSD can be had for $175 instead of $480. Roughly $2.73 per GB. Yes, SSD's have dropped in price, but HD's dropped so fast it's insane. We are talking 1500 GB HD for $109. Oops, I meant 1.5TB.
So now instead of a mechanical HD being $1.40 per GB they are only 7 cents per GB! I just bought a 1.5TB HD for $109. That means mechanical HD's are now 20 times cheaper per GB. The future scares me. Hmmm.
@sodalake, I should also add that the prediction of a 128GB SSD for $243 isn't that far off. As of May, they range from $279 to $379 and even higher for top end models that are only a little faster. The Kingston for $279 isn't bad and is a pretty fast SSD. It's not the fastest, but it's right in the middle in the sweet spot giving a lot of performance for price. It can read up to 200MB/s, and write 160. Especially the read is about double what a typical Sata HD can do these days. And 2010 is not over yet. So maybe they will reach $243. But regular HD's are so cheap now it's insane. They still cost $100, but give you 20 times the capacity! Again, I look forward to what happens to SSD prices near the end of 2010, and 2011. :-)
@sodalake (I just want this comment below my other). I forgot to say the most important part. I may have bought a 1.5TB HD, BUT I fully plan to buy a 128GB SSD very soon :-) It's fun here in the future!