Purely unscientific testing, so take it for what it's worth...
Last night at class, the set-up for our in-class project required us all to be in continuous high mode. With that in mind, while the first student was lining up on the tripod, I went ahead and switched over and tested a few shots. FRUSTRATION with the D7100's buffer rose up in me a bit... but I was still getting the shots I was after, so no big deal.
On the tripod, we were going into Live View to set the manual focus (so the instructor could watch, see our settings etc.) then shooting rapid fire at our subject. Some of the cameras wouldn't shoot continuous in LV, though, so they had to turn it back off. Curious, I went to live view and tried a burst at continuous high and... WOW!? It sure seemed like it was shooting a bit faster AND for a longer amount of time. Switched back to the viewfinder, slower and shorter burst. Back to LV, longer and faster burst. For the record, it could have just been a longer burst each time, and just seeming to be faster because the noticeable lag after 5 or 6 shots wasn't kicking in...
1) What the heck? Have I found a way to boost the D7100 a bit? I've never heard of this trick before (although I didn't search for long either), so has anyone else experienced this?
2) If it is true, WHY would it make a difference? A few of the Canon shooters were saying LV seemed to slow their fps down... the other two Nikon shooters had different cameras that were all menu controlled, so didn't compare to them.
Needless to say, several burst tests between viewfinder and LV stayed consistent, but I didn't mess with it any further after class. I'll test a little more tonight to see if it still holds true or if I was imagining it all. In the meantime, has anyone else noticed this with their D7100?
Did the Primal Beast's fangs just get a little larger?? SURE HOPE SO!
Last night at class, the set-up for our in-class project required us all to be in continuous high mode. With that in mind, while the first student was lining up on the tripod, I went ahead and switched over and tested a few shots. FRUSTRATION with the D7100's buffer rose up in me a bit... but I was still getting the shots I was after, so no big deal.
On the tripod, we were going into Live View to set the manual focus (so the instructor could watch, see our settings etc.) then shooting rapid fire at our subject. Some of the cameras wouldn't shoot continuous in LV, though, so they had to turn it back off. Curious, I went to live view and tried a burst at continuous high and... WOW!? It sure seemed like it was shooting a bit faster AND for a longer amount of time. Switched back to the viewfinder, slower and shorter burst. Back to LV, longer and faster burst. For the record, it could have just been a longer burst each time, and just seeming to be faster because the noticeable lag after 5 or 6 shots wasn't kicking in...
1) What the heck? Have I found a way to boost the D7100 a bit? I've never heard of this trick before (although I didn't search for long either), so has anyone else experienced this?
2) If it is true, WHY would it make a difference? A few of the Canon shooters were saying LV seemed to slow their fps down... the other two Nikon shooters had different cameras that were all menu controlled, so didn't compare to them.
Needless to say, several burst tests between viewfinder and LV stayed consistent, but I didn't mess with it any further after class. I'll test a little more tonight to see if it still holds true or if I was imagining it all. In the meantime, has anyone else noticed this with their D7100?
Did the Primal Beast's fangs just get a little larger?? SURE HOPE SO!
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