Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 09:48:28 +0800 From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] OT, SmartMedia size V speed ..
At 10:30 AM 16/03/2002 -0800, you wrote: >Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 18:22:46 +0000 >From: T i m <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [LIB] OT, SmartMedia size V speed .. > >Hi Ray, > >Raymond wrote: > >Umm ... doesn't your camera have a buffer?!?! > >- Raymond > >Um ... Pass? Why do you ask? ... >> >Insert 2/4/16M card, take picture, start stopwatch, wait till ready for >> >another pic = 8 seconds. Most cameras I know (including the lower end ones) can burst anywhere from 5 to 20 HQ frames (ie. several frames a second) without touching the memory card because it buffers them in a little bit of fast memory on the camera itself. If you're not shooting too quickly then in the pauses between shots it can dump that buffer off to flash, if you're shooting too fast then your camera will stop shooting after the buffer is full so it gets a chance to dump off the pictures. I tried doing the test like you said (before I realized my camera had a buffer) and was perpetually perplexed as to why sometimes the camera was able to ready the next shot almost instantly and at other times took up to 10 seconds to ready a shot (10 seconds being about the time it took to dump the buffer). If your manual doesn't throw any light on it, try just shooting really quickly (perhaps your camera has a burst mode?) and see if after the first few shots your camera slows down heaps ... if it does then you've found the end of the buffer. - Raymond --- /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ | | "Does fuzzy logic tickle?" | | ___ | "My HDD has no reverse. How do I backup?" | | /__/ +-------------------------------------------| | / \ a y b o t | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | HTTP://www.raybot.net | | ICQ: 31756092 | Need help? Visit #Windows98 on DALNet! | \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/ ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
