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I use a standard, non-high speed Sandisk memory card. I started off taking JPEG large only and, with continuous shooting, the camera took 2 shots quickly, then paused before taking the third, and a similar pause before the 4th and 5th shot etc. For the past year or so, I have shot RAW+JPEG and the burst rate was similar. The stated rate for the 450D is 3.5 fps.
After doing a bit of reading around before getting the camera, my understanding was that as the camera can buffer 6 RAW or 53 JPEG in its internal memory, and I would probably not want to take more than 3 or 4 shots in succession, I figured the standard speed card would be enough.
I was wondering tonight, however, how the camera would fare in RAW mode only and, to my surprise, it seemed to take 6 shots at a constant rate, the same sort of rate I was getting for just the first two shots with the JPEG only and RAW+JPEG setting.
Now, I could understand RAW+JPEG being a bit more sluggish than JPEG only, but it seems strange to me that RAW only seems to be the fastest of the lot. Is this because there is no in-camera processing that needs to be done?
In addition, based on the fact that I don't ever tend to take more than 3 or 4 shots at a time, apart from a faster transfer time to the computer, is it worth getting a faster memory card, or would I not see any improvement?
Going forward, I am proposing to shoot RAW only anyway, as I always sift through the RAW photos and can just batch convert in DPP with the camera settings if I didn't wish to make any changes, so, would I see any improvement for a burst of 3-4 shots with a faster card?
After doing a bit of reading around before getting the camera, my understanding was that as the camera can buffer 6 RAW or 53 JPEG in its internal memory, and I would probably not want to take more than 3 or 4 shots in succession, I figured the standard speed card would be enough.
I was wondering tonight, however, how the camera would fare in RAW mode only and, to my surprise, it seemed to take 6 shots at a constant rate, the same sort of rate I was getting for just the first two shots with the JPEG only and RAW+JPEG setting.
Now, I could understand RAW+JPEG being a bit more sluggish than JPEG only, but it seems strange to me that RAW only seems to be the fastest of the lot. Is this because there is no in-camera processing that needs to be done?
In addition, based on the fact that I don't ever tend to take more than 3 or 4 shots at a time, apart from a faster transfer time to the computer, is it worth getting a faster memory card, or would I not see any improvement?
Going forward, I am proposing to shoot RAW only anyway, as I always sift through the RAW photos and can just batch convert in DPP with the camera settings if I didn't wish to make any changes, so, would I see any improvement for a burst of 3-4 shots with a faster card?
Under noise reduction custom functions, inluding long exposure NR lock-up too.