Jeff Spirer <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > At 08:38 PM 5/6/2005, Russell Baker wrote: >>I took an online glance at the new Canon Rebel XT, >>possibly a used Canon10 D or a new Nikon D 70. >>Lets not get into a Canon/Nikon war here!!!!!!!! >> >>I am leaning towards the Nikon. >>It is suppose to have a very rapid write speed. > > All the dSLRs have buffers. I don't know how big it is on the D70, I > have been using a 10D. I can shoot seven RAW shots at maximum speed > before the camera pauses. Unless you're doing professional sports > shooting, photojournalism, or you like to fill up the card as quickly > as possible, write speed in most dSLRs is totally irrelevant. Even > doing professional sports shooting, which I have done with the 10D, > write time isn't the limiting factor. My Fuji S2 has a 7-picture buffer. However, I still find the write speed a limitation, because I can't invoke the histogram display until writing has finished. So, when shooting RAW, the delay to see even a single shot's histogram is significant. (This is a somewhat old camera now, doesn't make use of the higher speeds of more modern cards, and has RAW files that are unreasonably large, so it's kind of a worst case here.) -- David Dyer-Bennet, <mailto:dd-b@xxxxxxxx>, <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/> RKBA: <http://noguns-nomoney.com/> <http://www.dd-b.net/carry/> Pics: <http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/> <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/> Dragaera/Steven Brust: <http://dragaera.info/>
