I have a new camera...

AstroPax wrote:

Alta Utah, yesterday, 03-05-05.

More or less a test pic until I can get this amazing camera under
control.

Nikon D2X, repeat, Nikon D2X, high speed crop mode (that's 8, repeat 8
frames/sec), VR 70-200mm @ 70mm, 1/1250 sec, f/7.6...somewhere in Main
Baldy Chute, for example:

http://ski.astropax.com/04-05/alta_03-05-05_001.htm

Hmph. Too much detail in the snow and the jacket. The soft titanium
sheen of the helmet is unpleasant. You were definitely robbed.

Sniff. Envy. On all counts.

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"AstroPax" wrote in message
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Alta Utah, yesterday, 03-05-05.

More or less a test pic until I can get this amazing camera under
control.

Nikon D2X, repeat, Nikon D2X, high speed crop mode (that's 8, repeat 8
frames/sec), VR 70-200mm @ 70mm, 1/1250 sec, f/7.6...somewhere in Main
Baldy Chute, for example:

http://ski.astropax.com/04-05/alta_03-05-05_001.htm

-Astro

That's a few pennies of camera there! Don't drop it! 8 frames/sec at
6.8MP! - Nice - how many frames will it burst at that rate before (if?) the
buffer fills up? Is that shooting RAW data files as well? BTW, great detail
in the shot - especially the snow flying in the lower left. Slick.
Tim

AstroPax wrote:

wrote:

8 frames/sec at
6.8MP! - Nice - how many frames will it burst at that rate before (if?) the
buffer fills up?

In the High Speed Crop mode (6.8MP), it will do 8 frames/sec for up to
35 JPEG or 26 NEF frames.

In full rez mode (12.21MP), it will do a healthy 5 frames/sec for up
to 21 JPEG or 15 RAW NEF frames.

It writes to the CF card really fast. I have yet to fill up the
buffer while shooting in either mode.

That's really nice. I hate seeing that damn 'wait' blinky light...

But I need a bigger CF card(s). My 2GB just isn't big enough.

What about the CF hard drives? Type II maybe?

BTW, great detail
in the shot - especially the snow flying in the lower left. Slick.

I agree.

-Astro

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"The Real Bev" wrote in message
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AstroPax wrote:

wrote:

8 frames/sec at
6.8MP! - Nice - how many frames will it burst at that rate before (if?)
the
buffer fills up?

In the High Speed Crop mode (6.8MP), it will do 8 frames/sec for up to
35 JPEG or 26 NEF frames.

In full rez mode (12.21MP), it will do a healthy 5 frames/sec for up
to 21 JPEG or 15 RAW NEF frames.

It writes to the CF card really fast. I have yet to fill up the
buffer while shooting in either mode.

That's really nice. I hate seeing that damn 'wait' blinky light...

But I need a bigger CF card(s). My 2GB just isn't big enough.

What about the CF hard drives? Type II maybe?


Those CF hard drives are pretty slow, and he has to write a hell of a lot of
data quickly.. unless things have changed in the last 6 months..

AH wrote:

"The Real Bev" wrote in message
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AstroPax wrote:

wrote:

8 frames/sec at
6.8MP! - Nice - how many frames will it burst at that rate before (if?)
the
buffer fills up?

In the High Speed Crop mode (6.8MP), it will do 8 frames/sec for up to
35 JPEG or 26 NEF frames.

In full rez mode (12.21MP), it will do a healthy 5 frames/sec for up
to 21 JPEG or 15 RAW NEF frames.

It writes to the CF card really fast. I have yet to fill up the
buffer while shooting in either mode.

That's really nice. I hate seeing that damn 'wait' blinky light...

But I need a bigger CF card(s). My 2GB just isn't big enough.

What about the CF hard drives? Type II maybe?

Those CF hard drives are pretty slow, and he has to write a hell of a lot of
data quickly.. unless things have changed in the last 6 months..

The idea of a hard drive only a tiny bit thicker than an ordinary CF
card is mind-boggling.

I just bought a Lexar (linux-friendly) 256M 40x card, hoping that it
would be significantly faster than my Lexar 48M 4x. Nope, it turns out
that the camera has to be new enough to use the new technology that
makes the card faster. No, the CP 800 isn't new enough. Oh well, it's
nice to see that I have 500 400K shots left...

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AstroPax writes:
Personally, I use SanDisk Extreme III CF cards.

I'm so behind the time. I didn't even know they made a III.
Looks like quite an speed bump over the II (which I was going to get
for my D70 because it is about 1/3rd faster than the Delkin pro I
had in my old camera...)

bruno.

"\"bruno\" wrote:

AstroPax writes:
Personally, I use SanDisk Extreme III CF cards.

I'm so behind the time. I didn't even know they made a III.

Me neither. What is it?

Looks like quite an speed bump over the II (which I was going to get
for my D70 because it is about 1/3rd faster than the Delkin pro I
had in my old camera...)

Is Lexar any faster than Sandisk or any of the others?

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