mrs alect is a professional photographer - she uses a Nikon D100. Un-noticeable shutterlag.
She bought me a snap and shoot 6 megapixel Olympus C60 precisely due to its very low shutterlag (for a non-SLR digital). She's right - hence I defer to her on photographic matters even though i am more knowledgeable on electornics more genmerally. I have captured some amazing pictures of our 5 month old - eg first time eating food (not bottle).