Small Things Make a Big Difference

I must say being able to use CF cards sure have it's pro's too. No problem on buffer haha

 

I'm pretty sure F3 is fully manual too, also IIRC FE is complete mechanical, when you don't even need battery. It's unfortunate that I cannot use the G lens on it due to the lack of Aperture rings. But see how it goes. Hasselblad already makes me appreciate my Nikon D3 more due to it's "film-like operation". Very traditional, like only 1 AF point and some other manual stuff.

 

Yeah, high end CF cards would be nice. Then again, the price difference is pretty huge from even the high end SD cards. For those of us who can't afford the super nice professional cameras and gear (or know someone who would let us borrow it), we have to make due. Even so, that level of camera body would have a much larger buffer to play with so you wouldn't run into the same issue. I would venture to guess that even the high end CF cards would have trouble keeping up and eventually the buffer would fill up. Given that the RAWs out of my D7000 weigh in at around 20MB and a max speed of 6fps, the card (and interface) would need to be capable of writing somewhere in the range of 120MB/s. I don't know of any portable storage media that can hit that level of sustained write speeds. Even in standard storage terms, you'd be going into the territory of higher end mechanical disks and low end solid state drives.

 

The Nikon FE series was among the first Nikons to use an electronic shutter. It did have an override mode for if your batteries ran out, but you would be tied to shooting at 1/90 and the meter wouldn't run. Still, a very fun camera to shoot with, and the one I have looks awesome with its silver finish.

True. Cost a bomb for my EXTREME III 16GB that time. Somehow Pro-bodies are actually more towards speed so buffering isn't a problem anymore provided there's cards like EXTREME PRO now. Lol. I understand though. I used a lot of cameras in my life including the D7000 so I know how fast the buffer filles up haha.

 

That's cool bro. Mechanical FTW