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<blockquote data-quote="Dangerspouse" data-source="post: 752730" data-attributes="member: 46690">I'll offer a dissenting opinion, but a qualified one.My D5500 fills its buffer after only 4 or 5 shots when shooting RAW in continuous mode. When I made my first attempt capturing hummingbirds in flight this past summer I quickly discovered why BIF people upgrade to the D500. However switching to .jpeg allowed me to pretty much glue down my shutter button and it would keep firing for as long as I liked. I may have given up the ability to process with as much detail as had I shot RAW. On the other hand, I got a bunch of pictures. I got zero with my 4/5 shot bursts.I honestly don't think the quality suffered all that much, either:[ATTACH]352062[/ATTACH][ATTACH]352063[/ATTACH][ATTACH]352064[/ATTACH]So I guess my takeaway is this: if you have an entry level camera and need longer continuous shooting bursts, .jpeg might be preferable to RAW in that you'll probably get more shots off. But yeah, if I had that D500 I'd be all-in on RAW also.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dangerspouse, post: 752730, member: 46690"] I'll offer a dissenting opinion, but a qualified one. My D5500 fills its buffer after only 4 or 5 shots when shooting RAW in continuous mode. When I made my first attempt capturing hummingbirds in flight this past summer I quickly discovered why BIF people upgrade to the D500. However switching to .jpeg allowed me to pretty much glue down my shutter button and it would keep firing for as long as I liked. I may have given up the ability to process with as much detail as had I shot RAW. On the other hand, I got a bunch of pictures. I got zero with my 4/5 shot bursts. I honestly don't think the quality suffered all that much, either: [ATTACH=CONFIG]352062._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]352063._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]352064._xfImport[/ATTACH] So I guess my takeaway is this: if you have an entry level camera and need longer continuous shooting bursts, .jpeg might be preferable to RAW in that you'll probably get more shots off. But yeah, if I had that D500 I'd be all-in on RAW also. [/QUOTE]

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