look in Halichos Shlomo of R’ Shlomo Zalman Auerbach ZTL who writes about these type of Questions. From memory it is still Tefillah BTzibbur (although on a slightly lower madreigah)even if you don’t start bang on time with everyone else. Same is brought in name of Chazon Ish in one of the seforim about his hanhogos (forgot the name). Re davening with the shatz – again it is a form of tefillah btzibbur but not as mehudar – that’s the commom consensus but I’ve heard bshem Chasam Sofer that he held actually it is a mehudar Tefillah. If you’re in middle of Shmoneh Esrei when kedusah starts it is forbidden to say it with the tzibbur – you need to be mechaven the words and you are yotze bedieved als Shomeia K’oneh.
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