illiam wrote: >After that, the thing slows WAY down. Yep. I have updated the test (look). After the first five, there's 8-9 seconds between each shot! Regards
Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 18. juni 2005 19:38 Til: [email protected] Emne: Re: Fps and buffer test - Pentax *ist D ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jens Bladt" Subject: RE: Fps and buffer test - Pentax *ist D > Hello William > So, you ran similar tests :-) > I got mine from Berlin in August 2004. > So, it might be a late model. > I like it very much, but judging from the red light at the back, it takes > appr. half a minute to write a 5-shot-burst of RAW-files on to a Ultra II > card. It will take the camera 10 sec's to write just one RAW-shot! > This seemed too long to me - thus the test. I was actually surprised when > I > found out, that the camera could shoot more frames after just 9-10 > seconds. > In fact its only 6 seconds after finishing the first five. That all i must > wait - 6 seconds. > When shooting sports, people etc. 6 seconds seem like an eternity! What is happening is that it is writing the first frame to the card while the rest are being shot. Hence the sixth shot being a bit faster to shoot. After that, the thing slows WAY down. I find it's about 12 seconds per shot after the buffer is well and truly full (5 shot burst + the sixth shot) I don't shoot sports, but even in a portrait environment, I find it to be a very long wait. William Robb
