D300 5fps 14bit shooting!

[Jasper Doest]

Hi all,

I had to do some testing this morning on my D300....and while photographing a clock I noticed that I was able to photograph at 5fps in 14bit-RAW mode...while the manual clearly states that in 14-bit it will only shoot at 2.5fps.It does sound like 5fps as well....my first D-SLR, Canon's 10D did 3fps and sounds a lot slower than my D300. What's your experience in this?

[Alfred Forns]

No clue how that could be Jasper? With the D3 battery it only fires at 2.5 Does sound painfully slow? Did you triple checked it was in 14 bit mode!!!

[Jasper Doest]

I certainly did....seems I have an overclocked D300 :-S

[Fabs Forns]

Good for you!!! ine is painfully slow, even with the 3D battery.

[Shellie Dallas]

Well Jasper, I am at work but tomorrow I am going to try my D300 at 14 bit and see what I get!!

[Robert O'Toole]

first time I have heard of that one Jasper.

Supposedly, I have never actually tried it, the D300 will actually do 10 fps (not in 14 bit of course) Manual mode, MF, bracketing function to 9 frames. Will run the 9 images in less than a sec.

Robert

[James Shadle]

You can get 10 FPS +/- in live view with frame rate set to high when using EN-EL4 or AA's in 12bit.

The best I could do in 14bit was 3 FPS the average was closer to 2.5 FPS.

Thanks James

[Jasper Doest]

I was shooting 14bit, lossless compressed NEF in continuous AF (locking the AF with my thumb), using the EN-EL3 in the vertical grip.

[Jim Fenton]

I think you had an overclocked...clock :)

I've shot with a bunch of different D300's and have seen nothing exceeding S L O W in 14 bit mode, no matter what the setting.

AND...it especially makes no sense given the battery that you were using.