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Christopher2222 wrote:

WilbaW wrote:

Christopher2222 wrote:

WilbaW wrote:

Christopher2222 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.

FALSE

Just to compare apples to apples, the 500d transfers 599.4 MB shots frames per second and the 760d transfers 927.5 MB shots frames per second.

It's all apples, just different sizes.

Photog 1: "Hey I just got an amazing 927.5MB/s burst!"

Photog 2:"Err, yeah... how many shots?"

Photog 1:"Umm, oh, ah, dunno..."

Just saying the 760d buffer is not shallower,

How is a stack of 9 shallower than a stack of 7? (Think of image files as one pixel thick, so a larger file is wider and longer, not thicker.)

9 * 15Mb RAW = 135

7 * 22.5Mb RAW = 157.5

9 is shallower than the 7 overall

The unit of throughput is the image file, not the MB, so while 7 larger files requires more RAM, 9 smaller files is a larger number of deliverable units.

One camera shoots 7 frames at full speed and the other shoots 9 at full speed - which one can shoot the most at full speed? One pistol can shoot 7 large bullets before it has to be reloaded and the other shoots 9 small bullets before it has to be reloaded - which one can shoot the most bullets before it has to be reloaded? One truck can deliver 7 SUVs and another can deliver 9 compact cars - which one can deliver the greatest number of vehicles in one trip? (Insert your own example here.) That's all there is to it.