Ok, thinking about jumping ship from Canon

Olympus 12-45mm f/4.0 Pro

01/03/2008 09:39:18 AM · #51

I honestly don't know what was wrong with the 40d. All I know is that I would take like 4 or 5 shots in a row and then the camera would say 'busy' for about a minute, maybe less, then it would let me take more. The battery was fully charged earlier in the day and the display still showed it as full, no partial indication at all.

As for the bracketing, I don't use that at weddings, but one of my other photographic interests is promotional photos for bands and I use that EVERY time I do one of those sessions. I do landscape HDRs and that's not really a problem to change the bracket setting so I end up with 2 sets of 3 exposures. That works ok when the subject is not moving, but for people, and I DO use HDRs to shoot bands, trying to get the people to stand still for 3 shots is hard enough, trying to reset the camera settings between exposures isn't possible. (Getting musicians to sit still for just 3 exposures can be tricky to, but it works). It would be nice to be able to set it to 6 exposures in good light so I can take them all quickly. My bands love it. It makes them look all professional-like. ;-)

OdysseyF22

Panasonic DC-G9

01/03/2008 09:42:38 AM · #52

Originally posted by kellian:

The lag you mention sounds more like a memory buffer issue. What kind of card was in it? If it had a slow speed card in it, that was probably a delay writing the data from the buffer to the card. A good high-speed card would speed everything up markedly.

cpanaioti

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM

01/03/2008 09:59:38 AM · #53

Originally posted by OdysseyF22:

Originally posted by kellian:
I honestly don't know what was wrong with the 40d. All I know is that I would take like 4 or 5 shots in a row and then the camera would say 'busy' for about a minute, maybe less, then it would let me take more. The battery was fully charged earlier in the day and the display still showed it as full, no partial indication at all.

The lag you mention sounds more like a memory buffer issue. What kind of card was in it? If it had a slow speed card in it, that was probably a delay writing the data from the buffer to the card. A good high-speed card would speed everything up markedly.

I'm using Extreme III cards and can shoot up to 17 RAW before the buffer slows down but only slightly. As one is cleared, it allows another in. Also, the buffer size depends on settings and how fast it shoots to fill the buffer depends on the shutter speed.

Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM

01/03/2008 10:03:07 AM · #54

It was an Extreme III 4 gig card... and I experienced this later during the reception. I even switched to high quality jpeg to see if that made a difference. It didn't.

Message edited by author 2008-01-03 10:04:15.

cpanaioti

Canon EOS-40D

01/03/2008 10:06:53 AM · #55

Originally posted by kellian:

It was an Extreme III 4 gig card... and I experienced this later during the reception. I even switched to high quality jpeg to see if that made a difference. It didn't.

Did you have high ISO or long exposure noise reduction turned on? That's something else that limits the number of shots as well as buffer performance.

Message edited by author 2008-01-03 10:07:38.

Nullix

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

01/03/2008 10:11:41 AM · #56

Originally posted by electrolost:

nikon puts the D first.......D200 unlike canon who puts it last

Canon started that way with it's first digital cameras (D30 and D60), but then it put it at the end for some reason. I didn't know what Canon would do when it came out with the model after the 20D, but it just went with 30D.

slide12345678

Canon EOS-5D

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

01/03/2008 10:17:57 AM · #57

isn't it enough just to know that canon owns about 80% or more of the entire worldwide camera market?

they must be doing something right if everyone uses them

glad2badad

Apple iPhone 16 Pro

Lensbaby Sweet 35 Optic

01/03/2008 10:28:23 AM · #58

Originally posted by slide12345678:

isn't it enough just to know that canon owns about 80% or more of the entire worldwide camera market?

they must be doing something right if everyone uses them

56% of people using web browsers use IE...they must be doing something right if everyone uses them. :-)

2006 61%
2005 69%
2004 76%
2003 85%

Or, used to use them... :-P

Spork99

OM System OM-1

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro

01/03/2008 10:30:17 AM · #59

Originally posted by slide12345678:

isn't it enough just to know that canon owns about 80% or more of the entire worldwide camera market?

they must be doing something right if everyone uses them

Yes, it's called marketing.

Gordon

RIM BlackBerry Curve

Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM

01/03/2008 10:52:49 AM · #60

Originally posted by Prof_Fate:

you can bracket on your own. Only i of the 4 that did HDR found in-camera bracketing sufficient - not enough exposure spread at +/- 2 stops.

Yup - that's why it helps to have a camera that'll shoot more than 3 brackets and more than +-2 (e.g., the 1D Canon's will shoot up to 9 brackets and +-3 without needing to touch the camera) Being able to shoot that as a burst in less than a second is quite handy and you can actually get it out quickly enough to do HDR portraits too if you wanted to.

Message edited by author 2008-01-03 10:53:50.

01/03/2008 11:46:57 AM · #61

Originally posted by Gordon:

Originally posted by Prof_Fate:
you can bracket on your own. Only i of the 4 that did HDR found in-camera bracketing sufficient - not enough exposure spread at +/- 2 stops.

Yup - that's why it helps to have a camera that'll shoot more than 3 brackets and more than +-2 (e.g., the 1D Canon's will shoot up to 9 brackets and +-3 without needing to touch the camera) Being able to shoot that as a burst in less than a second is quite handy and you can actually get it out quickly enough to do HDR portraits too if you wanted to.

Exactly.

And yes, I was using a high ISO, but I still found that frustrating. :-\