I believe the D810 has a larger buffer. Does it not? The buffer on the k-1 is pretty anemic.
On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 1:53 AM, P. J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > I've been looking into that and it seems that all Pentax cameras that have > been tested recently have about a 36 mb/s write speed regardless of how fast > the card is, though they can't write faster than the card will accept the > data. > > I got curious since I don't shoot Nikon, so I haven't been looking for write > speed tests on any Nikon cameras. Well I couldn't find a Nikon 810 tests, > but the D800 tops out at about 39 mb/s, on the one I could find. Doesn't > seem to blisteringly faster than the K-1. > > Using the actual numbers not my rounded numbers the Nikon seems to be about > ~7% faster than the Pentax. > > Now Nikon might have upped the buss speed when moving from the D800 to the > D810, but it doesn't seem that likely. > > > On 10/10/2017 5:10 PM, Mark C wrote: >> >> FWIW - I just ran some tests with my K1 shooting DNGS and it takes 27 to >> 28 seconds to clear the buffer. It probably feels like 5 minutes when things >> are happening, though. I'm using 64 gig Sandisk Extreme Pro UHS-I cards, >> rated for 90 mb/sec write speeds. The are much faster cards out there though >> I don't know if the K1 can take advantage of higher speed cards (or even if >> it takes advantage of this card.) If you really are experiencing several >> minutes of write time it may be the card. >> >> Overall I agree with your comments. File saves are on the slow side and >> the AF point configuration leaves a lot to be desired. AF in liveview mode >> is very slow - verging on unusable when shooting macros. There's room for >> improvement to be sure, but still a fine camera. >> >> Mark >> >> Larry Colen wrote: >>> >>> In many many ways the K-1 is an amazing camera. If all I did was >>> portraits, landscapes and still lifes it would be damn near unbeatable, >>> especially for the price. >>> >>> However, for action photography, it can really suck donkey balls. The >>> focusing is a huge improvement over the K-3ii, but the focus points don't >>> cover nearly enough of the screen, especially if you want to place critical >>> compositional elements at the "third points". Despite the improvements over >>> the K-3, focus speed is still way too slow, especially compared to when I've >>> shot a friend's Nikon 810. >>> >>> My biggest gripe is the bus speed. Did they really think that people >>> would buy a full frame camera and always shoot JPEGs? I was photographing >>> dance competitions this weekend. Things happen fast, unpredictably, and >>> often in rapid succession, particularly when there is more than one couple >>> dancing at a time. After about a minute or two the buffer will fill up, and >>> then take something like five minutes to empty. Once it fills up, it takes >>> something like 30 seconds before it's ready to shoot again, and I have no >>> idea of whether there's room in the buffer or not. I just have to press the >>> shutter and wonder whether it's not locking focus, or just still emptying >>> the buffer. >>> >>> Gah! Every time I try to shoot action, I'm tempted to switch to Nikon. >>> Unfortunately, there's about 15,000 reasons why I can't. >> >> >> >> --- >> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >> https://www.avast.com/antivirus >> >> > > -- > America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. > America was founded so we could all be anything we damn well please. > - P.J. O'Rourke > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
