D5000 burst problem

Hello guys... and ladies... I'm new on this forum. My name is Alex and i'm photography student in Serbia.

I remember when i bought my D5000, it could burst more than 10 images in succession without getting slower than 4fps. When selected only JPEG, it could burst more than 15-20 (never tried more), but I've read that it can burst 100 images without slowing down.
And after 3 years and 60k images, i tried the same thing, but... no matter if I choose RAW+Fine, only RAW, only JPEG, EVEN small Basic JPEG, it only bursts 4 images, do the 5th a little slower, and then completely slows down, to about 1 image per 2 seconds.
I know that the card has to be fast and I have Toshiba class 10 which is tested and is actually fast, but this seems like a buffer memory problem, which never occurred before. Have anyone experienced the same thing?? It really shouldn't get slow on Basic jpeg after only 4 frames.

G/Day and welcome...

Have you tried another card? If you don't have another card, format the card you have.
Just the other day member [MENTION=13090]Horoscope Fish[/MENTION] brought up a good point... In-camera format is a quick format and may not cure some problems. If you have a suspect card, format it in your computer. Do a FULL format, not a 'quick' format. Then format it again in camera. If the camera is still slow, try a new card.

Its probably worth a try to reset your camera too.

I've been trying another card, and formatted both of them, but nothing helps. And I think it's not the card that is causing the problem because those burst shots first go to buffer memory (which is not working well).

And yeah, it's probably worth a shot to reset the camera completely, I'll try and tell you the result.

Welcome Alex, and I hope a reset resolves your cameras buffer problem.

I edited this because I just thought of something. Could it be that you shooting so many shots in quick succession may have run your battery down? Maybe you actually need a new battery. They gradually lose their ability to hold a full charge. Sounds like you do a lot of shooting, so check that out.

@sonicbuffalo: I also suspected on battery, and I'm charging it right now to see if anything will happen. And yeah, they do degrade, maybe that could be a problem. We'll see...

Just charged the battery and tested. There is a noticeable difference.
Before charging, there were 4 continuous frames which sometimes would lag a little bit, and 5th frame was lagging even more, and if hold the shutter button longer, it was shooting 1 image per 2 sec.
- After charging, there were 5 continuous frames and all were a bit faster, but after 5th frame, it again hits the wall...
Next thing is a full reset, stay tuned.

After the two button settings reset, nothing happened, except that I have to set up everything again..
After hard reset, pushing the small reset button located near memory card slot, it seems that it made a little difference, now it can burst 7-8 SMALL BASIC JPEGs, but is still blocking after 5 shots with bigger files.

Can any of you D5000 owners try one thing.
When looking through viewfinder, and half-press shutter button, what number is shown in the lower right corner through viewfinder?
That number is displaying only when you half-press shutter button, in the location where number of shots left or ISO is displayed.
And if you can, try it with RAW+F and basic JPG.
Sorry for bothering and thank you!

keep in mind...a D5000 is not going to have a bug buffer...they just don't. You'll get more bursts with your settings to jpeg normal or small than fine, or raw. I do't own a 5000, but used to have a 5100. Hope this helps.

Hello all.
Today I discovered something.
First I tested my camera burst mode again, and it was like before, only 5 frames.
But mistically, after putting on Sigma 70-300 AF (so no autofocus on D5000) it started bursting waay more images like it should!
After that, I put on Nikon 35mm lens which was an AF-S model like 18-55 one that was installed in first place.
So finally, found out the problem, it's not the camera's fault.

By the way, don't get it wrong, all of this has nothing to do with camera settings like shutter speed, aperture, iso, etc...
Simply, those extra electric connection pins on AF-S lenses have something to do with that.