Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/07/17

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Subject: [Leica] Eagles at Otter Bay
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 09:54:41 +0530
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The new generation CF cards are as good as the XQD cards, if not
better, like this one I generally use in both the D4 and D800E. Lexar
has equivalents as well:

http://www.sandisk.in/products/memory-cards/compactflash/extremepro-160mbs/

Cheers
Jayanand


On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 8:28 AM,  <grduprey at mchsi.com> wrote:
> 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
>
>
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