Lenses or body

WilbaW wrote:

Exit10 wrote:

WilbaW wrote:

pvicta wrote:

As I'm upgrading due to age, rather than anything esle, and the only contstaint I have found with the 500D is the number of RAW shots in a row before it stumbles, I don't feel like I will be settling for 2nd best with the 760D

Canon say the max. burst of the 500D is 9 at 3.4/s (page 214 of the manual), but the 760D is only 7 at 5/s (page 404), so while the 760D is faster it's buffer is actually shallower.

This may be true - although it depends on your definition of shallower as the files are going to be bigger with the 760D.

Buffer depth is always measured in shots, not megabytes or megapixels.

It also depends on your usage of RAW bursts - if 3 frames a second is fast enough then the burst size can be much larger.

Some enthusiast and pro bodies have an adjustable (in shots/second) "Low-speed continuous shooting" mode.

And even at full speed you can take multiple full speed bursts with just a couple of seconds in between for the buffer to clear.

Yeah, sometimes it's about a number of shots, sometimes it's about how many seconds.

I must admit that I tend to shoot action with highest quality JPEG where the buffer size is not really an issue.

Yeah, the 450D was good, its large/fine JPEGs are small enough that you can shoot until the card fills or you flatten the battery.

The 750D is also capable of shooting very large bursts with its 24 megapixel JPEGs (and also has a slower continuous shooting mode).

I'm not trying to make it sound as though its the ideal sports / action camera - I'd much rather have your 7D Mark II for shooting action - although I'd rather haul the Rebel on a long hike.