"Emily L. Ferguson" <elf@cape.com> writes: > At 10:27 AM +0900 9/19/03, Jim Davis wrote: > >By the way, I always shoot RAW. JPG is just too much work to get right > >in camera for me. > > I've been shooting regattas. And I have one 512M card, because that's > what the camera I borrow comes with. Things happen too fast for RAW > storage with the D-100. Might be better with the D2H or the expensive > new Canon. Card write speed seems to be a real problem. The Kodak DCS 14n, according to their website, has 512 meg of *buffer memory* in it, so you can at least shoot a fairly big burst. But it must then take a *long* time to write the card! > Of course, since I borrow the camera and haven't a ghost of a chance > (that I can foresee) of being able to buy one in the next 3 years, > there's no point in my acquiring memory cards of my own.... Think of it as getting 3 years better technology when you finally buy! -- David Dyer-Bennet, <dd-b@dd-b.net>, <www.dd-b.net/dd-b/> RKBA: <noguns-nomoney.com> <www.dd-b.net/carry/> Photos: <dd-b.lighthunters.net> Snapshots: <www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/> Dragaera mailing lists: <dragaera.info/>
