To be honest the camera has amazed me, I use in continuous high mode and the buffer seems very good.
I have not blasted it just to find out what it will do but it will certainly fire off at least 15-20 in one go (thats as far as I have pushed it), it suits me as I prefer quality not quantity.
The Red Kite diving does so at a fair speed, I was surprised but I ended up with two mega images (to be honest it was me who could not keep up with the bird).
I have some long Nikon glass as well but the the Sigma is less than half the weight.
Impressive kite IF shots, Ian, particularly when considering that the Sigma lens is not known for its fast AF drive, and I do not think it has IS either (which would be a handicap for handheld shots).
The bird detail & exposure are excelllent, and colours and background are most pleasing to the eye. No.1 really stands out because of its attractiveness as well as capture difficulty.
(#3 I'd crop differently, but that has little to do with the new camera .)
I did a detailed evaluation on the number of frames I can capture with D800 before the buffer fills. I was using Transcend 400X 32GB CF for NEF's and Transcend class 10 16GB for JPEGS. I had Auto ISO, JPG optimal quality and other features which effect the buffer size ON.
14-bit NEF's uncompressed/lossless compressed (results were same for both cases and also for NEF+JPGfine going into different cards)
PetKal wrote:
Impressive kite IF shots, Ian, particularly when considering that the Sigma lens is not known for its fast AF drive, and I do not think it has IS either (which would be a handicap for handheld shots).
The bird detail & exposure are excelllent, and colours and background are most pleasing to the eye. No.1 really stands out because of its attractiveness as well as capture difficulty.
(#3 I'd crop differently, but that has little to do with the new camera .)
Grant, nothing in it, just a friend drew my attention to this thread.
Besides, even if I would want to, I just can not afford to drop Canon equipment, although I have felt ever since the 1DMkIII fiasco that Nikon's got an upper hand with cameras.
Let's hope 5DMkIII and 1DX deliver excellent AF performance, and if so, then many Canon photographers should be very happy with where we are gearwise.
PetKal wrote:
Grant, nothing in it, just a friend drew my attention to this thread.
Besides, even if I would want to, I just can not afford to drop Canon equipment, although I have felt ever since the 1DMkIII fiasco that Nikon's got an upper hand with cameras.
Let's hope 5DMkIII and 1DX deliver excellent AF performance, and if so, then many Canon photographers should be very happy with where we are gearwise.
no doubt canon's got it right this time. and everyone knows nothing beats canon's big whites.
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