FWIW - I just ran some tests with my K1 shooting DNGS and it takes 27 to
28 seconds to clear the buffer. It probably feels like 5 minutes when
things are happening, though. I'm using 64 gig Sandisk Extreme Pro UHS-I
cards, rated for 90 mb/sec write speeds. The are much faster cards out
there though I don't know if the K1 can take advantage of higher speed
cards (or even if it takes advantage of this card.) If you really are
experiencing several minutes of write time it may be the card.
Overall I agree with your comments. File saves are on the slow side and
the AF point configuration leaves a lot to be desired. AF in liveview
mode is very slow - verging on unusable when shooting macros. There's
room for improvement to be sure, but still a fine camera.
Mark
Larry Colen wrote:
In many many ways the K-1 is an amazing camera. If all I did was
portraits, landscapes and still lifes it would be damn near
unbeatable, especially for the price.
However, for action photography, it can really suck donkey balls. The
focusing is a huge improvement over the K-3ii, but the focus points
don't cover nearly enough of the screen, especially if you want to
place critical compositional elements at the "third points". Despite
the improvements over the K-3, focus speed is still way too slow,
especially compared to when I've shot a friend's Nikon 810.
My biggest gripe is the bus speed. Did they really think that people
would buy a full frame camera and always shoot JPEGs? I was
photographing dance competitions this weekend. Things happen fast,
unpredictably, and often in rapid succession, particularly when there
is more than one couple dancing at a time. After about a minute or two
the buffer will fill up, and then take something like five minutes to
empty. Once it fills up, it takes something like 30 seconds before
it's ready to shoot again, and I have no idea of whether there's room
in the buffer or not. I just have to press the shutter and wonder
whether it's not locking focus, or just still emptying the buffer.
Gah! Every time I try to shoot action, I'm tempted to switch to Nikon.
Unfortunately, there's about 15,000 reasons why I can't.
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