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Recently made this post First attempt - Dirt jumping

When i was up there found my camera was't very fast with multiple shots :(
Just tested my camera saving images as JPEG and found the FPS was a lot faster!

Is there any way i can speed up shooting in RAW?

I've never shot in JPEG before so i'm alittle worried ill mess up a whole shooting session!

Specs - Canon 1000D - Sigma 70-200 f/2.8 APO DG HSM - SanDisk 8GB Extreme 30mb 10
 
wildsam90 said:
Recently made this post First attempt - Dirt jumping

When i was up there found my camera was't very fast with multiple shots :(
Just tested my camera saving images as JPEG and found the FPS was a lot faster!

Is there any way i can speed up shooting in RAW?

I've never shot in JPEG before so i'm alittle worried ill mess up a whole shooting session!

Specs - Canon 1000D - Sigma 70-200 f/2.8 APO DG HSM - SanDisk 8GB Extreme 30mb 10
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The problem is the speed of the camera writing to the card, that's a constant, you can speed up the process by put faster cards into your camera, but that will only work up to a point, limited by the speed of your camera taking the image, processing it and uploading the card. JPEG's are quicker because there are smaller files, RAW files will take longer because they are larger files. You should see the details of how many files can be upload per second in your user manual, but at the end of the day, burst mode and Raw files on a Canon 1000D ain't going to be very quick as the camera isn't designed for sports (machine gun) photography like the 7D and 1D pro series camera's.

For action photography, which I do 90% of the time, I never shoot RAW, always shoot JPEG and never had any problems with capture or PP'ing afterwards.

The key is not to rely too heavily on the burst mode and shoot at most 1-3 shots in a sequence, I've found that most of the beginner / intermediate camera bodies ain't quick enough to take the image, process it, and refocus to take the next shot. Within a series of burst shots you tend to get a load of throwaway shots because they're soft or slightly out of focus and only 1 o2 reasonable images..
 
pete.rush said:
The problem is the speed of the camera writing to the card, that's a constant, you can speed up the process by put faster cards into your camera, but that will only work up to a point, limited by the speed of your camera taking the image, processing it and uploading the card. JPEG's are quicker because there are smaller files, RAW files will take longer because they are larger files. You should see the details of how many files can be upload per second in your user manual, but at the end of the day, burst mode and Raw files on a Canon 1000D ain't going to be very quick as the camera isn't designed for sports (machine gun) photography like the 7D and 1D pro series camera's.

For action photography, which I do 90% of the time, I never shoot RAW, always shoot JPEG and never had any problems with capture or PP'ing afterwards.

The key is not to rely too heavily on the burst mode and shoot at most 1-3 shots in a sequence, I've found that most of the beginner / intermediate camera bodies ain't quick enough to take the image, process it, and refocus to take the next shot. Within a series of burst shots you tend to get a load of throwaway shots because they're soft or slightly out of focus and only 1 o2 reasonable images..
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Thanks for the reply Peter,
I used JPEG whiles there and as you was saying about relying on the burst mode. Ended up only using one each jump as the focus would always be out on the 2nd one :bang:

Might as well shot in RAW!

Thank you for explain it any way and i shall look for a new body after completing my Sigma line up :)
 
might be worth trying raw+jpeg and seeing how the jpegs come out and if your ok, must admit, only time i use raw is studio stuff and weddings, all other times jpeg the kiddy, and there has only been a couple times where even in p&p i could sort it out(not to say someone else with more p&p experiance couldnt sort it)
 
scottthehat said:
might be worth trying raw+jpeg and seeing how the jpegs come out and if your ok, must admit, only time i use raw is studio stuff and weddings, all other times jpeg the kiddy, and there has only been a couple times where even in p&p i could sort it out(not to say someone else with more p&p experiance couldnt sort it)
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RAW + JPEG would slow things down even more, especially in a burst, the OP wanted more shots in a burst without the buffer on his camera filling up and stopping him taking shots, not less.
 
The 1000D isn't great for continuous fps when shooting raw or raw + JPEG.....just 1.5 fps and the buffer tops out at 5 raw only files, or 4 raw + JPEG files!!

JPEG only is the way to go if you want faster fps, the fps rate doubles to 3 fps and the buffer should never fill up assuming you have a fast enough memory card......basically it'll shoot continuously until the card completely fills up!!

Stick to JPEG only, or buy a better camera.....sadly, those are your only options!! :thumbs:
 
Slimbert said:
The 1000D isn't great for continuous fps when shooting raw or raw + JPEG.....just 1.5 fps and the buffer tops out at 5 raw only files, or 4 raw + JPEG files!!

JPEG only is the way to go if you want faster fps, the fps rate doubles to 3 fps and the buffer should never fill up assuming you have a fast enough memory card......basically it'll shoot continuously until the card completely fills up!!

Stick to JPEG only, or buy a better camera.....sadly, those are your only options!! :thumbs:
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Once i've sorted my self out with a few more sigma lens i will be looking to upgrade the camera, But as my 3x YN560's came today im sure it'll be the last thing on my mind for a week or two ;)
 
I have the same issue with my sons footy using a Nikon D50 but got a loan of a Nikon D90 last weekend and it was muh better :)
 
wildsam90 said:
I used JPEG whiles there and as you was saying about relying on the burst mode. Ended up only using one each jump as the focus would always be out on the 2nd one :bang:
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That sounds more like an issue with focusing and not how quickly the camera was processing images.

What focus mode did you use? Continue/servo focus would probably be a better choice if you weren't already using it :)
 
Agreed. It sounds more like an AI Servo v One Shot issue than the camera not keeping up. Most of us have made a similar mistake once, the trick is not to repeat it.
In my case it was at an Olympic trials event! :bang: :D

(only for the first two horses though!)
 
DemiLion said:
Agreed. It sounds more like an AI Servo v One Shot issue than the camera not keeping up. Most of us have made a similar mistake once, the trick is not to repeat it.
In my case it was at an Olympic trials event! :bang: :D

(only for the first two horses though!)
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Yep! Although my biggest problem is forgetting to switch back button focusing and one shot of AFTER shooting fast stuff :lol:
 
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