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CF express B cards have sustained write speeds between 800 and 1500 MB/s. To clear a 70 shot buffer of 100MB files should take less than 10 seconds. The 20+ seconds currently being demonstrated indicates a pretty severe bottleneck writing to the card. Kind of negates the point of the slot, and the extra cost to the consumer of buying the cards.
That's what I think. It should be much faster with those card's and maybe even permanent buffer clearance during the burst with more mediocre frame rares, so that the buffer doesn't get stucked. I mean, that camera is abel to record raw video, where it also has to constantly wright higher amount of data to the storage.
Absolutely, Nikon Z8 has similar resolution and dual CFE/SD card setup, it never drops below about 10 fps while the buffer is being written, clearing the buffer in seconds. Theres no sense having type B cards if the camera can’t take advantage of them.
I haven't read or watched all of the reviews that are around but I understand that the S1R II is only a little bigger than an S5, which suggests to me that the heavy duty build quality from the original S1 cameras has been dropped in favour of saving weight and size. However, in what I've seen I don't think I've heard any comments on build quality other than that it' sealed.
That seems like an unwarranted assumption. Materials can make a big difference in build quality - polycarbonate vs magnesium, etc.
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Also, given that Capture One tethering played into the roll-out, it seems reasonable to expect support quickly, at least for Capture One. But, very good news that the file format seems unchanged.
Some of the reviews I read was that the S1RII exhibited a more professional feel in the hands in the way of build quality. Remains to be seen. The Leica SL3 is smaller than the SL2 and the build quality is every bit as good, so I don't think we can equate smaller to lesser in the way of build. I am not saying that you think that this is the case, but I don't expect Lumix's flagship to exude anything but a top quality experience. If by some chance I am not satisfied, I will return it, but I have the S5IIX now as my video and small grab and go camera and I am fine with the balance of weight, build quality and ergonomics. It's not a Leica SL, but I also paid less than a third of the price and it produces outstanding results, especially with my Leica glass.
I will be sure to come back to this thread and share my thoughts.
Actually, I was wondering if the S5ii(X) would be cheaper to get on the second market. I presume there will be both photograpers as videographers who would like to upgrade ...
Yes. But, it's worth noting that you can change the pre-capture to 1.0 or 0.5 seconds, which should help balance things out a bit in terms of the before/after exposure count ratio.
I've head that LVC is there. Not sure about low-light AF. Hopefully it is still there.
It shows! I have to admit that lately I have switched back a bit because, frankly, the JPG out of the S1 is just so. damn. good! So especially when I photograph family stuff with lots of more "snapshot" type of photos, I just import the JPGs. But to your point of "getting burned": I do shoot RAW+JPG, but the RAWs just go into the big black NAS hole.
I have not pre-ordered yet, I have Impatience sitting on my left shoulder fighting Sensible on the right
. I don't really neeeeed it now, but...