Yeah, this is the main reason. RAW only gives 70 shots even on 1Gb. If I go on holiday I am not taking a laptop with me - that's the dayjob and exactly what I am trying to get away from! I could do 70 shots in a weekend easily if something special is hapenning. When I went to the Brit GP 2 years ago, I think I did 7 or 8 films in one day - the sort of shots I would want in RAW. Likewise when I went down to the dorset coast and got up a 5 to get the sunrise every morning - the light is changing so fast here that presumably the white balance would need to keep being adjusted, so RAW would make life simpler?
Plus the missus suddenly wants to use my camera when I am at work! Thats not on really, but you cant say no - so she will probably get the half gig card for that use. IF Pentax RAW was a bit more thrifty then I might not have felt the need for so much. Mind you, the fact that I do a lot of work with pocket PCs that use CF cards at the moment makes it easier to get hold of them cheaply. > -----Original Message----- > From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 13 October 2003 21:44 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: *istD vs. Digital Rebel > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cotty" < > Subject: RE: *istD vs. Digital Rebel > > > > > > > Jumping Jupiter Rob. That's a heck of a lot of space! I > have 2X 512 Mb > > cards and I've yet to fill both in one sitting. In fact I have only > > just filled one in one sitting, if you see what I mean. > > > Canon also seems to use more compression than Pentax. My > buddy with the 300D can fit quite a few more images onto a > card than I can. > > William Robb > > >
