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!"
Quality not Quantity.
Yeah, this thing isn't an SLR. What's the point? Buy one of those Sony HD camcorders.
Agree completely - i would never drop even my weak 350D for this thing. I am sure there could be some use for it doing high speed photography where quality isn't as necessary as for a photojournalist.
But, what if the quality of the video is better than a Sony Handycam? Further, you can take high-quality pictures with it with its eral-camera optics. Do you guys realize that this camera has a hotshoe where you can mount a zoom microphone?