These results are noticeably faster than the G1 X's 2.7 to 3.6s range, but are still slower than most CSCs which average well under 1 second. Shot-to-shot cycle times were fair in single shot mode, ranging from about 1 second for Large/Super Fine JPEGs to about 1.2s for RAW+LSF JPEG files. ISO sensitivity also affects cycle times and burst mode performance, with higher ISOs generally increasing cycle times and reducing burst performance. Slow cards may also limit length of bursts in continuous mode. Slower cards will produce correspondingly slower clearing times. *Note: Buffer clearing times measured with a SanDisk Extreme Pro 95MB/sec UHS-I SDHC memory card. When prefocused, shutter lag dropped to 0.091 second (vs 0.094s), which is a little slower than average these days, but still pretty quick. Manual focus shutter lag was 0.238 second (versus 0.412s). Enabling the flash raised shutter lag to a rather lengthy 1.03 seconds to account for the metering preflash (still faster than ~1.2 seconds for the G1 X). In comparison, the G1 X required about 0.7 second at both ends of the zoom, so that's quite an improvement.
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Full AF shutter lag was slower at full telephoto, measured at 0.37 second, though that's still not bad. The G1 X II's full AF shutter lag clocked in at about 0.21 second at wide angle using center (1-point) AF, which is quite fast. The Canon G1 X II's full autofocus shutter lag when shooting the same target multiple times was faster than average for a fixed-lens enthusiast camera (especially at wide angle), and much improved over the G1 X.