I didn't understand every word of this preview of a pre-production camera, but I did glean that they thought the write time (jpg+raw) was slow -- about 5 seconds. Other than that, a quite positive write-up.
Thanks for posting this, those write times certainly aren't impressive but hopefully the production model improves on that. I will say that I'm impressed with whatever noise reduction the camera is doing, the high iso shots seem well detailed with almost no color noise. If they get this camera on the market in early March I might actually be an early adopter for once since I think this would be great for some events I have coming up.
The funny part is where Señor Morán points out he shot loads of RAW files but then realizes there's no program for decoding them (yet), but cheerfully posts a link to three of the images in case "anyone's up for giving it a shot".
¿Qué hago con los RAW?
Eso mismo nos preguntamos nosotros después de llenar una tarjeta con decenas de imágenes en formato RAW y comprobar que todavía no hay ningún software capaz de leerlos. Incluso probamos con la versión beta (¡y en japonés!) de Silkypix 5, pero no hubo suerte. De todos modos, ahí dejamos tres archivos en formato original por si alguien se anima a investigar.
They also note, at the end, that they have a commercial agreement to use SanDisk cards, for their site.
They also mention that as a pre production model it came with 0.69 firmware
and not all functions were 100% operational.
Therefore a bit early to come to a final conclusion.
Han sido 48 escasas horas de convivencia con un cuerpo que lleva instalada la versión de firmware 0.69. Aunque es pronto para sacar conclusiones (algunas funciones de la cámara no estaban operativas al 100%),
The one complain they have with this "pre-production model"
is that the simultaneous burning of a jpg and raw file on to the SanDisk card Class 10
took 5 seconds, during which it was possible to keep on shooting but not been able to view the shots taken.
Menos contentos estamos con el tiempo de grabación en la tarjeta. Al menos en el modelo no final probado (insistimos en este detalle) y trabajando con una tarjetas SD Card de Clase 10 de SanDisk, la grabación simultánea de una foto en dos archivos JPEG y RAW se demoraba unos 5 segundos, durante los cuales sí era posible volver a disparar pero no acceder a los menús o revisar la toma.
Is this for real? Tell me again why I should worry about post processing if I can get JPEG files like this out of the camera at ISO 6400 I suspect that the in-camera processing is very extensive (and not just for noise reduction) and that if we were able to open the raw files, we would find a great deal of effort required just to equal the JPEGs. Possibly the 5 second "write time" is actually "processing time."
I suspect that the in-camera processing is very extensive (and not just for noise reduction) and that if we were able to open the raw files, we would find a great deal of effort required just to equal the JPEGs. Possibly the 5 second "write time" is actually "processing time."