Sledding fun; maybe not

Gallery: POP PhotosPosted January 4, 2013126 views7 comments

We've had a pretty fair amount of snow while 90 min east of here hasn't had much. The family came out for a visit and decided to do a little sledding. The temp was about 14 degrees but sunny.

Our daughter in law loves this kind of stuff, but apparently our grandson didn't. Nothing like a face full of cold snow on a freezing day. He's really a lot of fun and pretty adventurous for a 2 year old, but he only made two more runs before he had enough of this.

A question for those who may know. What is the fastest CF card available. I was using a Transcend 8gb 600X UDMA, and with a 5D3 I could get 7 shots (RAW with small jpeg)off before the buffer filled and started to slow things down.

5D3
70-200 zoom
ISO 200
1/2000 @f8

Thanks

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Verdon on January 5, 2013 at 5:15 PM

What a great family shot full of love and joy, really like the shots like is this one......... to bad no comment

I am using lately Lexar cards, 600x and 1000x, one think what I would consider is shoot in only RAW mode instead RAW/Jpeg, because the camera needs to generate the edit for Jpeg and it slows down the speed, and also maybe you need to update new version of firmware from Canonusa.com.......again great shot and Happy New Year to you and your family!!!

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Comment posted by Jerry Marella on January 5, 2013 at 5:48 PM

Thanks, Verdon. Great idea to shoot RAW only and see what happens. I'll also look for upgrades from Canon.

I appreciate your input.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 142 Posts, 862 Comments

Comment posted by Carol Nichols on January 5, 2013 at 11:12 PM

http://robgalbraith.com/bins/camera_wb_multi_page.asp?cid=6007-12452

Jerry, this web page has an extensive list of CF cards and their speeds on a 5D3. It really helped me to chose a CF card for my new 5D3.

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Comment posted by Jerry Marella on January 6, 2013 at 10:21 AM

Thanks, Carol. Good info. I'll have to save a few pennies.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on January 7, 2013 at 12:39 PM

It's good to be in back.

A nice bright shot of a happy day, no doubt.

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Comment posted by Debbie Yarra on January 15, 2013 at 12:44 AM

Love this shot for many reasons! First it made me laugh! Second I love the fact that the big kid is having way more fun, than the little one! The snow in the face and his expression is priceless!!

Don't know much about fast cards I use San Disk extreme and shoot just raw and I never have trouble

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on January 21, 2013 at 5:08 PM

I especially like the moment, and your grandson's expression is priceless.
Cool

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