Magicpaddler wrote on Jul 6^th, 2012 at 4:50pm:

I have 2 memory cards that fit my camera and I noticed a much longer delay between shots with one of them than the other.  Don’t know what you are using for a memory card but a fast one may affect how long between shots.

Doubtful that its related to the card used since I was using a Class 10 (minimum 20 mb/s tranfer rate) one.  BTW:  This "refresh" lag was actually listed in one of the reviews I read, but I bought the camera anyway. 

I was just a little quick on changing from continuous to single shot just before the eagle took flight.  Then because it takes just a little time for the camera to focus, my quick shutter release resulted in a blurry shot.

dd