> > From: "Aaron Reynolds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/04/30 Sun PM 03:11:00 GMT > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: Re: CS and RAW files from DL2 > > Unless the DL2 has been seriously downgraded, the buffer should hold five > frames regardless of card write speed. > > -Aaron
That's the bit that's bothering me. m > > -----Original Message----- > > From: mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subj: Re: Re: CS and RAW files from DL2 > Date: Sun Apr 30, 2006 10:58 am > Size: 2K > To: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net> > > > From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Why do you have to keep going into the menus? What are you changing, and > > why? > > I mostly don't have to, I just am at the moment as I'm playing with it. On > the occasions where I have to, it's because the other user 8-))) has left it > on a setting that I prefer not to use and it needs adjusting. > > > > > > It's OK but not yet instinctive but I found that the > > > camera sometimes doesn't respond properly. > > > Probably an issue with my example. > > > > In what way doesn't it respond properly? > > On occasions, it's not doing the stop down thing to take an exposure reading. > Doubly annoying as it's not consistent. May just be a cleanliness of the > lens mount issue. > > > > > > > > > > > > How fast is your write speed? Mine will take two shots, > > > then takes about seven seconds to begin firing at about five > > > second intervals. > > > > How fast is your SD card? I can get five continuous shots from the DS, and > > then one about every second or so thereafter. I'm using an 80X card, and > > it's noticeably faster than the slower card I used before. I believe the > > DL has at least the same buffer and write speed as the DS, and maybe even > > the ability to take advantage of faster cards. > > Don't know. It's a no-name (actually Dane-elec) 1Gb card I got for £14. > Needed one in a hurry, so I got the cheapest option I could. The nearest > name brand card was £90. I did try a card from work that was another > non-famous brand and that was the same. The much smaller capacity Jessop's > card (presumably based on a famous brand but quite old technology now) was > similar. Can't find any buffer or write speed specs. > > Even if I could double the write speed, the result is still going to be a > pain when, for example, trying to photograph birds at feeders. > > I haven't seen any options for firmware upgrades with the 2 yet, so that may > have some bearing on the matter. > > mike > > > ----------------------------------------- > Email sent from www.ntlworld.com > Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software > Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information > > ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information
