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reaction
11-10-2010, 3:32pm
The D90 burst buffer is supposed to take 9 RAWs.
I've only ever seen it show r06 or r02. How do you get 9?

ricktas
11-10-2010, 4:11pm
9 is a maximum. Each RAW file can be a different size, try shooting a white wall or a blue sky and look at the RAW file size. So the 9 RAW files is just an estimate based on the buffer size only

reaction
11-10-2010, 4:18pm
OK. so I should expect if D90's 9 give me 6, then the D7000's 11 will give me around 6-7 something like that?
Anyone comment what D300s' 17 gives?

TEITZY
11-10-2010, 5:24pm
My D300 has r17 for RAW only. Drops back to r12 if you have AD-L on.

Cheers
Leigh

reaction
11-10-2010, 5:45pm
TEITZY so you can comfortably burst for 2.5s with ADL off then?

RaoulIsidro
11-10-2010, 7:03pm
Try turning off long exposure NR settings and see if the buffer increases.

TEITZY
11-10-2010, 7:48pm
TEITZY so you can comfortably burst for 2.5s with ADL off then?

Yes no worries.

Cheers
Leigh

reaction
11-10-2010, 10:55pm
Try turning off long exposure NR settings and see if the buffer increases.

Yes, I got r09!! Why is this? On 1/800s surely LE NR shouldn't happen anyway??

RaoulIsidro
13-10-2010, 8:36am
Yes, I got r09!! Why is this? On 1/800s surely LE NR shouldn't happen anyway??

LE NR uses up a pretty hefty RAM and the CPU allocates to it, sacrificing the buffer for RAW.
It also happens to Canons, so this is not just a Nikon thing.
Cheers! :)

dmdigital
14-10-2010, 6:40pm
If you are using a slow card the write speed will cause the cache buffer to stay full for longer and reduce the shot count.

kiwi
14-10-2010, 7:57pm
14 vs 16 but raws will make a diff too