CL rate faster than CH?

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Omri G.

Senior Member
Hi, posting for a friend who doesn't know English.
He describes a weird situation in which the CL rate is 6 FPS and in CH mode it is set to only 5.
He shoots RAW and says all the other settings remain the same.
Any ideas?
Thanks
 
Scott Murray

Scott Murray

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Omri G. said:
Hi, posting for a friend who doesn't know English.
He describes a weird situation in which the CL rate is 6 FPS and in CH mode it is set to only 5.
He shoots RAW and says all the other settings remain the same.
Any ideas?
Thanks
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EDIT....

Just found this and it would answer your question...
[h=1]Continuous (Burst Mode) Shooting on the Nikon D7100[/h]By Julie Adair King from Nikon D7100 For Dummies
Setting the Release mode dial on your Nikon D7100 to Continuous Low or Continuous High enablesburst mode shooting. That is, the camera records a continuous burst of images for as long as you hold down the shutter button, making it easier to capture fast-paced action.
Here's how the two modes differ:

  • Continuous Low: In this mode, you can tell the camera to capture from 1 to 6 frames per second. You set the maximum frames-per-second (fps) count via the CL Mode Shooting Speed option, found on the Shooting/Display section of the Custom Setting menu and featured here. The default is 3 fps.
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    Why would you want to capture fewer than the maximum number of shots? Well, frankly, unless you're shooting something that's moving at a really fast pace, not too much is going to change between frames when you shoot at 6 frames per second. So when you set the burst rate that high, you typically wind up with lots of shots that show the exact same thing, wasting space on yourmemory card.
    The Release mode symbol in the Information display shows you the current frames-per-second setting.
  • Continuous High: This mode works just like Continuous Low except that it records up to 6 frames per second. You can't adjust the maximum capture rate as you can for Continuous Low. However, you may be able to boost the rate to 7 frames per second by adjusting some other camera settings.
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Lawrence said:
I have no idea what those abbreviations stand for.
What camera is he using?
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CL=Continuous low speed
CH=Continuous High speed
 
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BackdoorArts

BackdoorArts

Senior Member
What camera? Constant High is a fixed rate for the camera, though it can change with the use of a grip on some. Constant Low is variable and can be set in the menus. I suppose it's possible that a menu option would allow it to be set high than the fixed rate for Constant High, but that would certainly be strange. In cases where the variation exists with and without the battery grip I'm guessing the menu could allow for the higher value, but that does not mean they would actually get it when shooting without it.

Again, I'd need to know the camera and the conditions under which they're experiencing this phenomena.
 
Scott Murray

Scott Murray

Senior Member
BackdoorHippie said:
What camera? Constant High is a fixed rate for the camera, though it can change with the use of a grip on some. Constant Low is variable and can be set in the menus. I suppose it's possible that a menu option would allow it to be set high than the fixed rate for Constant High, but that would certainly be strange. In cases where the variation exists with and without the battery grip I'm guessing the menu could allow for the higher value, but that does not mean they would actually get it when shooting without it.

Again, I'd need to know the camera and the conditions under which they're experiencing this phenomena.
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I presume its a D7100 as it is posted in that section.
 
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Daniel Aegerter

Senior Member
Just tried that out on my camera (D7100):

jpg, large, fine
CL: can be set from 1 fps up to 6 fps
CH: 6fps @ dx mode
7fps @ crop mode

raw:
CL: can be set from 1 fps up to 6 fps (and says 6 fps in the info display if chosen)
CH: 5 fps @dx mode
6 fps @ crop mode

So it is theoretically possible to have more fps in CL that in CH.
If that's the case in reality?
 
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Omri G.

Senior Member
Thank you all.
The camera is indeed D7100.

If I understand it correctly, the CH should represent the camera's highest FPS mode. It seems to me that a lower cluster cannot shoot faster.
Also, in my camera it does shoot between 6 and 7 FPS, depends on configuration, so 5 seems low
 
Patrick M

Patrick M

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As stated, CL can be set from 1 to 5 fps while CH will default to 6 or with cropped DX mode, 7 fps. I use the latter when shooting birds of prey and aircraft.
 
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