I agree. For me frame rate is relatively unimportant compared to buffer size and throughput.
Tom C. >From: Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: Next move from Pentax: hints about sensor for next camera(s) >Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:46:46 -0400 > >Bill Owens wrote: > > I think you're exactly right, Tom. > > > > Sure there are a few who really need high ISO performance: sports pros > > often shoot football games with a 600/4 and 2x teleconverter under > > stadium lighting at night. Closed down 1 f-stop to recover some > > sharpness, they're at f/11 and shooting fast action. > > > > But high ISO performance has become the holy grail for a lot of people > > who don't really need it. > > > > Of course, if it sells cameras then the camera makers have to go for > > it... > > > > > > Don't forget the higher the frame rate the better cameras sell. Another > > useless feature for 99% of us. > > > > Bill > > > > > >The first thing I look for with high-fps cameras is 'does it have a slower >setting?'. I prefer to leave my camera set to continuous drive at 2.5-3fps. >Buffer size I care about a lot more, but even there I only really want 9-12 >shots in the buffer (and that's more because I'll load up the buffer with a >group of shorter bursts than shooting long bursts). > >-Adam > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
