On 1/25/08, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: Cotty's Specification > > > > Yes, D300 packaging and shutter performance would take it to the next > > level. But since the picture is the thing, the K20D will serve quite well > > for now. Since three-year cycles seem to be about max for DSLR technology > > these days, I don't know if I need better build than what I'm getting > > here. I could use 6 fps on occassion, but those occassions are infrequent. > > That kinda hits the nail on the head. Long life cycles in cameras are a > thing of the past. Build quality was important to a greater extent when a > camera might see a decade or more of use than it is now, with a life > expectancy of a few years being all that is required for the vast majority > of cameras sold. > To meet a 6 fps burst rate, the shutter would have to be improved > tremendously to be reliable, and I expect that the buffer would need to be > faster as well. > > William Robb >
The shutter should be an off the shelf item, Sony, Nikon, Olympus & Canon all offer cameras with similar shutter/fps specs. And the Buffer performance should be fine, it's DDR 2 SDRAM and therefore has lenty of bandwidth. But Pentax may have to go CF just to get good write speeds. SD cards are a LOT slower than UDMA CF cards. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
