Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/07/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information