Shooting Speed?

[pash2]

I'm new to digital photography and have several question I was hoping could be answered.

I just bought the Finepix S2 with the intention to use it for editorial use...approx 1 1/2 x 11 full page. I shoot celebrities and shoot fast, maybe one/two frames every second, no faster then my Speedotron. Just playing around with it, I'm finding if the camera is set at High/4256 or set for at Raw format which I'm assuming I need to do for reproductions, that I can only shoot about 6 frames within 20-30 sec. with about a two minute wait for the camera to catch-up. It's that the speed of this thing or is there a way of speeding this up. If not this camera will be on e-bay in no time..just not exceptable for shooting. I just can't imagine the popularity of these cameras if that is as fast as they get, so I think I'm might be a naive as a new user.
Also, if I hook the camera up directly to a G-3 I-book can I gain speed. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
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[pash2]

Mistake above: page size is 8 1/2 x 11

[Topngu]

Pash2,
If you shot with S2 sofware from computer ,it will be faster,use
fire wire,choose third option to hard drive...
test it out ,let me know is fast enough for your application....
and if you need more help ,cal Fuji support hot line:
800-659-3854
Hope this help.

[pash2]

Thanks for the imput.. I'll be out of the country until January. I'll check it out when I return.
Is it normal for the camera to be this slow and these settings?

[memobug]

Why don' t you try JPEG fine at 6MP and see if it meets your reproduction requirements? The speed will be much faster.

Regards,

Matt

[kai]

shooting at tiff format is really a pain.. try shooting at Fine (jpeg) mode. just covert them to tiff after you download. you can hardly notice the differences.

either that or i shoot in raw and do the conversion when i get back..