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Photo Forum / General Photo Topics / UK Photography / May 2007A couple of Canon DSLR questions
I'm on the edge of getting a Canon EOS 440D and have just a few questions.. 1. How many pictures can I expect on average to get out of the standard battery?. 2. How many more if I go for the battery grip? 3. If I use a 2GB card, how many pictures can I take in RAW and/or high quality jpg? 4. Would would be the capacity in a 4GB card? 5. If I buy the camera and the basic lens, what would be the next best thing to buy? i.e. better lens, flash, etc. Thanks Graham > I'm on the edge of getting a Canon EOS 440D and have just a few questions.. Is that 400D or are you waiting for the 40D? > 1. How many pictures can I expect on average to get out of the standard > battery?. > 2. How many more if I go for the battery grip? > 3. If I use a 2GB card, how many pictures can I take in RAW and/or high > quality jpg? > 4. Would would be the capacity in a 4GB card? Twice as much as a 2GB? > 5. If I buy the camera and the basic lens, what would be the next best thing > to buy? i.e. better lens, flash, etc. A decent lens. >> I'm on the edge of getting a Canon EOS 440D and have just a few >> questions.. > > Is that 400D or are you waiting for the 40D? I'm sure I said "400D". >> 1. How many pictures can I expect on average to get out of the standard >> battery?. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Twice as much as a 2GB? Good answer. I'm glad you cleared that up for me. I was wondering as I couldn't find anything anywhere to explain it as well as that. Graham >> 5. If I buy the camera and the basic lens, what would be the next best >> thing to buy? i.e. better lens, flash, etc. > > A decent lens. >>> I'm on the edge of getting a Canon EOS 440D and have just a few >>> questions.. >> >> Is that 400D or are you waiting for the 40D? >I'm sure I said "400D". The first line does say 440D NOT 400D so I feel it was a reasonable question. Doesn't the canon web site give an estimate for capacity for memory cards. Just multiply by an appropriate factor.  SignatureNospam >>> I'm on the edge of getting a Canon EOS 440D and have just a few >>> questions.. >>> >> Is that 400D or are you waiting for the 40D? > > I'm sure I said "400D" I'm sure scroll is available in your newsreader. Why not try it and check? >>> 1. How many pictures can I expect on average to get out of the standard >>> battery?. 280-360. Varies depending on exposure, flash usage, display settings, temperature, size of lens, ease of focussing. >>> 2. How many more if I go for the battery grip? >>> 3. If I use a 2GB card, how many pictures can I take in RAW and/or high >>> quality jpg? JPEGs will be about 3MB each, RAW about 9MB >>> 4. Would would be the capacity in a 4GB card? >> Twice as much as a 2GB? >> > Good answer. I'm glad you cleared that up for me. I was wondering as I > couldn't find anything anywhere to explain it as well as that. Well as it is twice the bloody size, it'll hold TWICE AS MUCH. What were you expecting exactly? > Graham Of course, you could do your own research:- http://www.canon.com/ http://www.dpreview.com/ Rich, expecting thanks in vain. [snip] > Well as it is twice the bloody size, it'll hold TWICE AS MUCH. What were > you expecting exactly? > > > Graham Agreed twice as much in data terms but not quite in picture terms - usually a bit more than twice as many pictures of the same size. Part of the formatting of the card puts base information on the card (directory structure etc) which is lost to pictures. That memory loss is essentially constant irrespective of card size, so doubling the root card size will usually result in a frame or so more on the larger card. My D70s will take 283 at best jpg on 1Gb, but 568 on 2Gb. SignatureWoody harrogate3 at ntlworld dot com > [snip] > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > root card size will usually result in a frame or so more on the larger > card. My D70s will take 283 at best jpg on 1Gb, but 568 on 2Gb. But for 2 photos, that is double. You can't be exact with jpegs as they vary depending on the content. |
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