While I don't shoot a Pentax DSLR now, my D50's performance in JPEG mode is essentially indistinguishable from a DS2's (Based on the test thread from a while back). I'd agree with Aaron here, the newer cameras are a lot faster than the D in JPEG mode, both for buffer size and write speeds (The buffer size is closer in RAW, but the write speeds of RAW's is so much better than the D that its night and day if you hit the end of the buffer on a regular basis).
-Adam Aaron Reynolds wrote: > I shoot nearly 100% jpg, and the larger buffer of the DS2 combined with the > faster write speed feels significantly more than twice as fast. > > The buffer helps initially, but the speed of recovery from a burst using a > fast card makes a huge difference if, like me, you shoot numerous 2-3 shot > bursts one after another. > > -Aaron > > -- > http://aaronreynolds.ca > http://battersbox.ca > http://hardballtimes.com > > -----Original Message----- > > From: "Tom C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subj: Re: CF v SD Cards > Date: Tue 2006 Aug 22 1:46 pm > Size: 1K > To: [email protected] > > Shooting .jpgs or RAW? How fast does the buffer fill up? Is the speed > increase due to the memory card or some other factor? > > Just curious actually. I rarely shoot in bursts but for, say wifdlife > pictures, it could be an advantage. > > If I had a choice between a 2x buffer size and a 2x burst speed, I'd take > the 2x buffer (but I'm going off on a tangent). > > > Tom C. > > "I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or > numbered." > > > > > > > > From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: CF v SD Cards > Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 10:24:01 -0700 > > I'd say about twice as fast, maybe a bit more ... at least for the DS/DS2 > and the DL series. Can't speak to the newer cameras. > > Shel > > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Tom C > > > > > You wrote "The *ist D isn't worth comparing, speed-wise, as even Pentax's > > cheapest DSLR > > outperforms it by a large margin now." > > > > My question is really "What large margin?" I've never compared them, but > > large margin? How large? > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
