---- John Francis <jo...@panix.com> wrote: 
> On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 11:49:14AM +0100, mike wilson wrote:
> > So there is a menu item that says the LCD displays the number of shots  
> > available in continuous shooting mode when shutter button is half  
> > pressed. (Strictly, it swaps between number of shots left on card and  
> > number available in continuous)
> >
> > But when I change from RAW 6mp to 1.5mp, jpg one star, the number shown  
> > on the half-press remains at three.  It appears that modern technology  
> > has finally managed to baffle this witless old fart.  Unless someone  
> > here knows better.....
> 
> Maybe the limit is how many shots can be buffered in the stage before
> conversion to JPEG, not how many can be buffered between JPEG conversion
> and eventual write to the memory card.

As above, I changed from RAW 6mp to one star jpeg 1.5mp without it changing.  
Have just thought of the possibility of it changing when I change card, which I 
will try this evening.

> 
> The K10D shows "24" when set to best-quality JPEGs, but in fact it is
> capable of shooting JPEGs until the memory card fills up if you have
> a fast enough card.
> 
> On that camera, though, the number does change (from "24" to "6") when
> changing from JPEG to JPEG+RAW(DNG).


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