The D has about 1 extra shot available over the DL. So you lose 1 shot and gain the ability to not wait a minute before shooting again.
-Adam P. J. Alling wrote: > I wouldn't put the DL in that category. It may write to the card > faster, and will clearly benefit from a faster card. But the D has a > larger buffer so it's first few shots will be faster. Then it will slow > down and depending on the card speed maybe fall behind. Pentax giveth > Pentax taketh away... > > Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > >>I'd say about twice as fast, maybe a bit more ... at least for the DS/DS2 >>and the DL series. Can't speak to the newer cameras. >> >>Shel >> >> >> >> >> >> >>>[Original Message] >>>From: Tom C >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >>>You wrote "The *ist D isn't worth comparing, speed-wise, as even Pentax's >>>cheapest DSLR >>>outperforms it by a large margin now." >>> >>>My question is really "What large margin?" I've never compared them, but >>>large margin? How large? >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

