Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/07/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Howard, Yes, the buffer is really nice on the D4. You may want to buy a XQD card for it, I have a 32G XQD card, and I find the buffer (almost) never fills. You will have to buy a XQD card reader also. I bought the Sony XQD card and reader from B&H. Cheers, Gene ----- Original Message ----- From: "H&ECummer" <cummer at netvigator.com> To: lug at leica-users.org Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2014 8:07:04 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: [Leica] Eagles at Otter Bay Hi Gene, Thanks for looking and commenting. Agree a vertical might have been better but as you so wisely point out who has time to adjust in the heat of battle? I notice the difference in weight when I am just holding the D4 but when the shooting starts it doesn't matter. The 10 fps is a big step forward over the 5 fps of the D800E. One thing I have noticed - the eagle's wings beat at about 5 times a second - which means with the D800 if I start a sequence with wings up then all the frames have wings up. With the D4 the double frame rate means that I get a sequence of shots with wings in different positions and the buffer doesn't fill up to choke the camera like the D800 does. That is a HUGE difference. Cheers Howard Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 12:11:35 -0500 (CDT) From: grduprey at mchsi.com To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> Subject: Re: [Leica] Eagles at Otter Bay Nice shots Howard, On the last one, a vertical shot may have worked better and captured the wingspan. I know that in the heat of rapid shooting this is the last thought in your mind. Congrats on the used D4, you will love it for shooting wildlife. It is a really nice body for all types of shooting though. You will find it is a bit heavy compared to your D800. Cheers, Gene _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information