You raise a good point. I do have two *istD's and sometimes use both of them. Sometimes that works and sometimes it doesn't. I don't have identical lenses at all focal lengths so it can work if there is enough crossover with the lenses I have. Times it hasn't worked too well is when I have the camera mounted to a flash bracket and an AF400T hooked up to a Quantum external battery. I can't carry two rigs like that even if I had them (I'd need another battery and bracket). Another case is where I coerce my daughter to be a second shooter - different location/view - then I don't have another body to spare.
I will say that the problem is not bad enough to make me want to change brands - even considered picking up a DS or another D to have in the waiting. I do love the general handling and capability of the *istD and use it almost everyday. There isn't much about it that causes me pain to use, but the buffer is probably the single most prominent thing. I still don't hesitate to recommend it to someone that would do well with it. BTW, one *istD is MORE expensive than one Nikon D70, which is fast enough at clearing the buffer. -- Best regards, Bruce Thursday, June 2, 2005, 3:51:09 PM, you wrote: G> Isn't that why you have two cameras? Swapping them every few G> shots? In the old days we did not carry a second camera because we G> were afraid one might break. But so we would not have to stop and G> change film. Sometimes we would have slide film in one and B&W in G> the other, but often we loaded the same film in both so we could G> continue shooting (if we were being paid enough we would have an G> assistant reloading one while we continued on with the second). The G> only difference I see with digital is you would have to swap out G> every few shots so the buffer could flush to the drive. I do G> believe two istD would be cheaper than one D2H. G> graywolf G> http://www.graywolfphoto.com G> "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" G> ----------------------------------- G> Bruce Dayton wrote: >> You may have misunderstood, I am not taking consecutive shots with a >> motor drive, these are single shots fairly close together - could even >> be done without a winder. But you are right in that the kid will grin >> when you are not ready. It is just that with the *istD and full >> buffer, you are not ready for a much longer time. >> >> You are correct that it is not just a buffer problem. Write >> speed/compression and/or whatever else it takes is necessary also. >>
