21 fps?

[Ronald Garrett]

Riddle me this: what new DSLR can shoot at 21 fps and has ISO priority?

[MikeA]

That might be the Pentax K20D. It has a 21fps mode at a reduced resolution (1.6M jpeg) but it is limited to a 115 shot sequence.

Mike.

[Ronald Garrett]

That is correct Mike. It proves to me that the limiting factor to how fast a camera shoots is the computer that runs it and the card it records to. I had thought the physical shutter limitations was the limiter. This camera also has a ISO priority feature. No other camera has this that I know of.

Very interesting times in the photography industry right now.

[Dennis_Vied]

ISO priority? Didn't the Nikon F have that?

[David_Buzzard]

It's probably an electronic 'shutter'. The actual shutter stays open, while the sensor pulses out the actuations. The Nikon D1's did that. It's why you could get a + 1/500 flash sync and a 1/16000 top shutter speed. I could never figure out why they never put that into later cameras.

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[Noel_Carboni]

Just 3 more FPS and we'll have... A movie camera!

And just think, George Lucas paid Big Bucks to have one o' them thangs.

-Noel