Monday, July 21, 2014

Canon users beware high ISO noise reduction.

For those with the faster cameras this advice probably won't make much difference, but for those with the older entry level models it might make a huge difference to your continuous shooting speed.

If your using an older canon entry level model like the 300d, 350d, 400d, ect ect,  and you find your continuous shooting stops after 2 or 3 pic, try going to the custom functions menu and turn off high iso noise reduction. Ok if your shooting raw + jpeg you'll probably still only get 4 shots, that because of the sheer size of the beggers, but if your shooting jpeg you'll now get something like 50 shots before it starts to slows up.

Exactly why high iso noise reduction affects the write speed I don't know, I'd guess it's the processing to each shot before writing to the card.  Why Canon don't make it more obvious that it can cause this is another question.

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