Well, that may very well be, but if Canon's own site didn't mention that, I wouldn't guarantee that those smaller raw captures will necessarily speed up the burst rate. Certainly, the writes to the card will be faster, but there is a physical limit on the burst rate of a given camera which smaller files would not affect. And if the card write speed was limiting, then you should be able to speed up the burst rate by simply getting a faster card. Andrew On Sun, October 21, 2012 10:07 am, Randy Little wrote: > The reason are higher burst rates for those that need that for whatever > reason. Not everyone always needs large files all the time but would > still like raw files for archival reasons. Randy S. Little > http://www.rslittle.com <http://reel.rslittle.com> > http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2325729/ > > > > > > > On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 9:58 AM, <asharpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >> Hmm. Based on >> >> >> http://www.learn.usa.canon.com/resources/articles/2011/eos_qt_small_raw >> _images_article.shtml >> , >> it looks like the other RAW modes are simply not using all the pixels of >> the sensor. Quality will absolutely be affected. I cannot think of any >> reason you'd want to do this; if you bought a camera at a specific >> resolution, you'd want to use all the pixels you paid for. If you want >> a smaller file for a given session that isn't as important, don't shoot >> RAW, >> and shoot in jpg mode instead. >> >> >> Andrew >> >> >> >> . On Sun, October 21, 2012 7:46 am, Lea Murphy wrote: >> >>> A friend and I were talking this morning about shooting fullRAW vs. >>> medium or small RAW on his Canon 7D. >>> >>> I always shoot full RAW but am curious what would be the benefits vs. >>> drawbacks of that instead of one of the lower settings. >>> >>> I do realize it will save space but is quality or sharpness >>> compromised? >>> >>> >>> I'd appreciate your experiences and feedback. >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> >>> >>> Lea >>> >>> >>> >>> your kids . my camera . we'll click www.leamurphy.com >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >
