tjphoto Posted December 2, 2006 Share #1 Posted December 2, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi, I was wondering how fast the M8 shoots raws. I have a M6 and a nocti. Just wondering. Thanks, Tim http://www.tjphoto.net Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mike prevette Posted December 2, 2006 Share #2 Posted December 2, 2006 pretty darn fast 2fps for about 20 frames I think. I have never completely filled the buffer but I have shot enough that the camera keeps writing files for 40seconds It was probally 12 shots or so. The RAW write speed isnt blazing, but the buffer makes up for it. _mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagarwal Posted December 2, 2006 Share #3 Posted December 2, 2006 I was wondering how fast the M8 shoots raws. From the M8 Technical Data sheet: "Continuous shooting with 2 pictures per second and 10 pictures in series." Not sure whether this is RAW or JPG or both (still waiting for my M8...). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean_reid Posted December 2, 2006 Share #4 Posted December 2, 2006 11 frames in the buffer according to tests I did for review 1 - fast camera overall. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted December 2, 2006 Share #5 Posted December 2, 2006 I agree a lot faster than my DMR overall Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
afineman Posted May 13, 2007 Share #6 Posted May 13, 2007 I had a loaner M8 from Leica for the past week, and my biggest frustration is the buffer. By the 3rd day of shooting with it I lost count as to how many shots I missed when I tried to take a photo and the shutter did not fire. Mind you, some of these shots were the 2nd frame to be fired, so there is no reason that the buffer should have filled up. That said, my 5D is constantly filling up the buffer and I need to wait while the camera processes. But is anyone else having this problem? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elansprint72 Posted May 13, 2007 Share #7 Posted May 13, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Why not ask the M8 forum? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Englander Posted May 13, 2007 Share #8 Posted May 13, 2007 Aaron, I noticed that if you accidently have the M8 on "S," you cannot fire it as quickly as when you have it on "C." If you leave it on "C," you can still do single shots but it is ready for the next ones more quickly and continuously. Maybe the setting was the cause of your frustration. Joe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted May 13, 2007 Share #9 Posted May 13, 2007 I had a loaner M8 from Leica for the past week, and my biggest frustration is the buffer. By the 3rd day of shooting with it I lost count as to how many shots I missed when I tried to take a photo and the shutter did not fire. Mind you, some of these shots were the 2nd frame to be fired, so there is no reason that the buffer should have filled up. That said, my 5D is constantly filling up the buffer and I need to wait while the camera processes. But is anyone else having this problem? There must have been something wrong. The M8 allows shooting until the buffer is full and after that each time there is memory space in the buffer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lensblur Posted May 14, 2007 Share #10 Posted May 14, 2007 Write speed was one of my concerns as well because I like to choose raw + high quality jpeg on DSLR. What I have found out is that M8, with this setting, does not slow my shooting at all. I don't get frustrated as I did when I use small digicams that offer raw or the Fuji S3. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ho_co Posted May 14, 2007 Share #11 Posted May 14, 2007 FWIW, Scott Geffert remarked in the recent Dallas M8 workshop that the M8 writes RAW files more quickly than it does JPGs. --HC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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