Compact Flash 8mb Speed

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"scubatv" <scubatv@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
> Thanks for your help.
>
> If I shoot raw with a 350D, I will get around a 8mb file size. Speed is
> not too importand, so I'd like to use a regular CF card.
>
> Would anyone know how long the Canon 350D will take to write a raw file
> to a CF?
>
> I do not what to create a huge bottle neck, one shot a second would be
> ok.
>
> Thanks,
> Jon

See:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/ca [...] page12.asp

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"Gizmo" <Gizmo@home.now> wrote in message
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>
> "scubatv" <scubatv@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1114654945.000561.244490@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
>> Hello,
>> Thanks for your help.
>>
>> If I shoot raw with a 350D, I will get around a 8mb file size. Speed is
>> not too importand, so I'd like to use a regular CF card.
>>
>> Would anyone know how long the Canon 350D will take to write a raw file
>> to a CF?
>
> Handy speed comparision table:

And this time with the link .... D'oh !!
http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/m [...] =6007-7699

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In article <1114699803.324285.11890@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
scubatv@yahoo.com says...
> How long will I have to wait to take pictures between shots?
>
> Sorry, for being so lame, I'm on the video side of photography and
> these numbers don't seem to penetrate well.
>
> Thanks,
> Jon
>
>
>

It depends on the camera (buffer size) and how fast you shoot.

I use slow memory in a Canon 300D and after 3 or 4 raw shots in continous
mode I might have to wait for the buffer to empty.

Other cameras have different size buffers and can do more or less depending
on buffer size.


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Larry Lynch
Mystic, Ct.