Here are the results of my high-tech scientific testing: Procedure: Camera on tripod, 14 bit raw, manual exposure, manual focus, auto-iso off, NR off, newly formatted cards, hold down shutter for 30 second intervals (right hand) as timed by my cell phone (left hand) and count. ; Counting was fairly easy since for each run it rallied of 10x exposures quickly then cycled 2-pause-2-pause-2-pause etc etc. Cheap Cards: 1 Card Write in CL 'Low' - 20 2 Card Write in CL 'Low' - 15 1 Card Write in CH 'High' - 21 2 Card Write in CH 'High' - 16 Better Cards (Class 10): 1 Card Write in CL 'Low' - 24 2 Card Write in CL 'Low' - 16 1 Card Write in CH 'High' - 24 2 Card Write in CH 'High' - 16
So, fairly insignificant, then, by the looks of it! ; Your camera seems to have a large enough buffer to deal with most typical continuous shooting, since how often does anyone really fire off 30-seconds worth of burst? ; Even when I use 7fps mode, I typically fire off shorter bursts of 2-3 seconds, pause, another 2-3 seconds, etc. ; I've never run into my camera's buffer limitation so far.
Part of my initial complaint was that in 'real world' shooting the buffer seems to get clogged up- and that's typically in CL 2.5 FPS mode and not really what I would consider machine gunning it. ; Just shooting 2-3 at a clip with a few seconds in between. ; I guess time will tell if that situation is improved with better cards.
We are patiently waiting for a D7000 to become available at B&H! ; Was supposed to be a Christmas gift for hubby until I couldn't find one anywhere!
Kudos to HW for helping me locate a D7000! ; Even though I only wanted the body I went ahead and ordered the camera with the 18-105 lens anyway. ; Hubby's birthday is early in the new year and we needed an end of the year business expense... so I did it!!! ; He will be sooooo surprised. ; Wonder if there is a housing for it yet... Now if I can only convince him to join me at Pixelmania this coming year... Thanks HW! Janet
