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Re: [OM] OT: the Nykon "compact" won the competition -- a re-think

Subject: Re: [OM] OT: the Nykon "compact" won the competition -- a re-think
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2010 17:51:36 -0400
On further reflection I feel quite strongly that the performance problem 
probably is the code.  It would be difficult to make modern hardware 
that performs so slowly without some code to muck it up.  :-)

Chuck Norcutt


On 11/4/2010 2:08 PM, Chris Barker wrote:
> I have done so, Chuck.
>
> But before I finally rejected the P7000 I had received a reply from
> Nikon UK telling me that the files were large and that I could work
> around losing the monitor's grid when going for AF.  That indicated a
> lack of appreciation of my problem or it was a politician's answer.
>
> Then, in the shop (Digital Depot, in Stevenage) I checked the write
> time of RAW files on the G12 to my SD card (a Class 10) and it was
> lightning-fast (just over a second, I reckon).
>
> So I paid the extra for the G12 and it feels like the right decision
> :-)
>
> Chris
>
> On 4 Nov 2010, at 17:14, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
>> Code may very well be able to speed up the write but the problem
>> is... you can't count on it... especially after they've already got
>> your dosh. Trade it.
>
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