Cadenza
15th of September 2003 (Mon), 05:31
Hello, everybody.
I've had my new G3 for just over two weeks now,
and I've just became aware of an under reported
feature that is missing in several web reviews.
Some of you might have missed as well, since for
that matter, it is only indicated by a footnote in the
G3's users manual.
It has to do with the difference between the two
continuous shooting modes, one allows the use
of flash, and the other doesn't. This point is either
burried deep down in the text of the review,
(dpreview), or not reported at all (imaging
resource, steve's digicam).
Most reviews will point out the High speed continuous
mode letting you shoot at 2.5 fps, while the "normal"
continuous mode will shoot at 1.5 fps or so. The only
advantage most reviews point out of using normal
over high is that normal will let you take more pics
before the memory buffer fills (because it flushes out
the pics while it is shooting) and that each pic is
displayed on the LCD. In high speed, the buffer fills
up faster, the LCD is off, but you can shoot at 2.5 fps
under ideal conditions.
Using normal continuous, I got about 18 flash pictures
in about 25 seconds -- slower than a sec. per shot, but
still, that is one awesome feature I've never seen
before, in film or digital!
Regards,
cadenza
P.S. One thing I forgot to mention: if you set the flash
output to the lowest possible strength (compensate
with larger aperture if you must), you'll get even better
performance in continuous shooting + flash.
I've had my new G3 for just over two weeks now,
and I've just became aware of an under reported
feature that is missing in several web reviews.
Some of you might have missed as well, since for
that matter, it is only indicated by a footnote in the
G3's users manual.
It has to do with the difference between the two
continuous shooting modes, one allows the use
of flash, and the other doesn't. This point is either
burried deep down in the text of the review,
(dpreview), or not reported at all (imaging
resource, steve's digicam).
Most reviews will point out the High speed continuous
mode letting you shoot at 2.5 fps, while the "normal"
continuous mode will shoot at 1.5 fps or so. The only
advantage most reviews point out of using normal
over high is that normal will let you take more pics
before the memory buffer fills (because it flushes out
the pics while it is shooting) and that each pic is
displayed on the LCD. In high speed, the buffer fills
up faster, the LCD is off, but you can shoot at 2.5 fps
under ideal conditions.
Using normal continuous, I got about 18 flash pictures
in about 25 seconds -- slower than a sec. per shot, but
still, that is one awesome feature I've never seen
before, in film or digital!
Regards,
cadenza
P.S. One thing I forgot to mention: if you set the flash
output to the lowest possible strength (compensate
with larger aperture if you must), you'll get even better
performance in continuous shooting + flash.