Built in memory chip for instant action shots

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Hi All,

Am looking for a new digital camera that has a built-in memory chip (like the Olympus C-2500 with 16 meg) that allows instant shooting without the two to three (or more) second wait. I shoot mainly children and they can have six different, and good, poses while I wait for the last image to be saved.

Does anyone, or site, have this built-in memory comparision data in their camera reviews?

Al

-- Al Pfeifle (apfeifle@minn.net), June 05, 2000

Answers

Olympus 3030 has 32MB and is a great camera , Nikon 950 and 990 both have RAM as well, if I remember correctly the 950 has 48MB and I would think the 990 would behave the same. You can take 5 or so pictures real fast and then you have to wait a second until the pictures are recorded, on the 950 you also get best shot selector, I'm not good at describing the functionality of that option but it essentially picks the sharpest image of the sequence and trashes the rest. You might want to read the review on the Digital Camera page as it gives you much better insight into that feature. Also, I forgot the Casio QV3000 with the IBM microdrive has a rather speedy recycle time and takes 245 pictures at 2048x1536 before running out of room :)

-- Cis Daniels (danfla@gte.net), June 06, 2000.

What you're talking about is usually referred to as a memory buffer or buffer memory. If you look for buffer memory or shot to shot timings in reviews you'll probably find what you're after. But, you're probably not going to be overpowered with times better than a shot every two seconds, or so. Burst modes can be better. My PDR-M5 does a shot every 2 seconds, or 4 shots in a second in burst mode. From the reviews the Nikon 990 is a bit faster in shot to shot time, but only for 3 shots or so, until the buffer fills up.

It sounds to me that what you're really looking for can really only be found in a Nikon D1 or another(?) camera of that class. 4.5 frames per second continuously! Well, for 21 frames anyway... See the Imaging Resource reviews. And bring your piggy bank, er, vault...

-- Gerald M. Payne (gmp@francomm.com), June 06, 2000.


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