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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 130942" data-attributes="member: 9240">To answer your question, am I going to be shooting in burst mode for more than 10 seconds?&nbsp; Can't think of why I would.&nbsp; Will I do it for 3-4 seconds?&nbsp; You bet.&nbsp; As I've said, I've dealt with this when I purchased the D7000 and shot birds in flight.&nbsp; You get a hawk or eagle circling above and it's almost probable that I'm going to hold that button down as long as they're near.&nbsp; If all I get is 3 seconds at 6 fps I'd be satisfied, because I'm bound to get something in 18 pics.&nbsp; But when I get 9-10 pics and then 1 or 2 per second after that, I've missed 1/2 of what I paid for, and that's with the fastest card I can find.&nbsp; With a Class 6 card I'm waiting at least a second before I get my 10th shot, and then I'll get 1-2 frames every other second.&nbsp; It's a problem for this type of photography, as it would be for some sports.&nbsp; Not always a problem, but when you put out a camera that advertises 6-7 fps and limit the buffer to 1 second (and don't tell me that I can do better if I go cropped because the sensor already IS cropped) then you've made a bad design choice.&nbsp; The least they could have done was drop the frame rate if they weren't willing to spend the pennies on a bigger buffer.In other words, I shouldn't have to compromise what and how I shoot just to make up for a design flaw.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 130942, member: 9240"] To answer your question, am I going to be shooting in burst mode for more than 10 seconds? Can't think of why I would. Will I do it for 3-4 seconds? You bet. As I've said, I've dealt with this when I purchased the D7000 and shot birds in flight. You get a hawk or eagle circling above and it's almost probable that I'm going to hold that button down as long as they're near. If all I get is 3 seconds at 6 fps I'd be satisfied, because I'm bound to get something in 18 pics. But when I get 9-10 pics and then 1 or 2 per second after that, I've missed 1/2 of what I paid for, and that's with the fastest card I can find. With a Class 6 card I'm waiting at least a second before I get my 10th shot, and then I'll get 1-2 frames every other second. It's a problem for this type of photography, as it would be for some sports. Not always a problem, but when you put out a camera that advertises 6-7 fps and limit the buffer to 1 second (and don't tell me that I can do better if I go cropped because the sensor already IS cropped) then you've made a bad design choice. The least they could have done was drop the frame rate if they weren't willing to spend the pennies on a bigger buffer. In other words, I shouldn't have to compromise what and how I shoot just to make up for a design flaw. [/QUOTE]

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