600D buffer full - faster cards?

ajf · 5 Oct 2013 at 18:03

I was doing some shots at Prescott today with my 600D and several times had to stop as I had filled the buffer and wait for the data to write.

The camera specs are 3.7fps for 6 RAW.
The cards are 16Gb Sandisk Extreme 45MB/s

Would faster cards make any difference in these circumstances or do I just accept that is the limit of the camera?

ajf · 5 Oct 2013 at 19:03

Thanks

Looks like I'll be getting a couple of faster cards!
Are Amazon a fairly safe bet for avoiding fakes - assuming they are not an Amazon 3rd party seller?

ajf · 6 Oct 2013 at 04:24

OK, thanks for those additional comments.
I did wonder about the speed thing regards writing to the card. It seems silly to keep increasing the speed of teh cards if most tech can't take advantage!

One extra card won't hurt though so might just get one anyway to see what, if any, difference it makes.
Cheaper than a new body too!
Trying to save for a 70D at the moment so maybe next year.....
I've found he AF isn't the greatest either for motorsport.

ajf · 8 Oct 2013 at 21:33

So some question really whether a faster card will make any difference.
Didn't find that article on DPReview when I looked but wonder whether I had seen something elsewhere to that effect as I bought the 45MB/S cards!

Perhaps I'll just give jpeg a go next time and see how I go. Just got used to the flexibility that RAW gives for exposure 'issues'!