donnahde Loc: Newark, DE

I shoot both sports and BIF with my D7100 and have never had a problem with speed. Maybe your card is not fast enough. I use 32G Sandisk Extreme Plus 90mb/sec cards. I considered the D7200 when I bought BOTH of my D7100's but didn't think the difference was worth the $$. Saved those $$$'s and am about to order the Tamron 150-600 to add to my arsenal. (-:

donnahde Loc: Newark, DE

Oh, I meant never had a problem with buffer lag and I always always shoot RAW as well.

Tigger1 Loc: Surrey, BC Canada

There is an improvement. But and it is a big BUT, will the larger buffer (approximately twice that of the D7100) of the D7200 solve your frustration? There is only one way IMO for you to test that out. Rent a D7200 and use it in a typical sports shoot environment that you are familiar with. That will answer your question. This is another variation of, "how much horse power is enough" or "how long does the telephoto lens need to be". Only you can answer that question in your particular set of circumstances.

IF you do not want to rent a D7200m to test, try this test: set your D7100 to jpeg fine and test that buffer capacity to see if you can get the number of shots you need to cover the sequence you are trying to capture in its entirety. Granted, you are not going to get the flexibility of PP with jpeg that you will get with RAW but at least you will know how big a buffer is required to get the sequence you need.

With the D7200 100 jpegs in Fine mode are within the camera's capability. Not certain what the jpeg buffer capability of the D7100 is but it will definitely be much better than the RAW buffer capacity of approximately 6 frames before the buffer limits further shots being taken. The best I have done with my D7200 is 103 jpegs on Fine mode. That enabled me to get a hard charging Cheetah from start of the chase to the finish. Had I used RAW 14 bit mode, I definitely could not have shot the complete chase. From actual use experience in the identical situation I might have got 10 to 13 shots before the RAW buffer slowed down to the point I could not take further shots.

Unless you are willing to switch to some other camera system and I am guessing you would prefer not to go down that path, your next option is to consider the Nikon D500. Download the D500 specs from Nikon's website or go to YouTube and review any of the many videos on the subject.

Good luck, Garth

I suspect you would find the same situation shooting high/fast action sports. I'm not a sports shooter so cannot comment based on experience.

JOHNRENAUDETTE Loc: ATLANTA

yea the guy is a real ass wipe I was wondering when someone would speak up, may need to try that new ignore function.....

akretiree Loc: Anchorage

MtnMan Loc: ID

Me too. Wish we could vote them off the island.

Best to ignore them as engaging them continues to disrupt threads: their goal.

JOHNRENAUDETTE Loc: ATLANTA

wow shame you dont even understand why people do not like or have any use for your negative sorry ass..........leave people alone asshole if u cant be nice then just dont be.........

Brucej67 Loc: Cary, NC

Among others I have the D7100, D7200 and the D500 and from experience the D500 is far superior, however it does have a $2,000 price tag and right now hard to get due to problems in Japan caused by the earthquake.

Reinaldokool Loc: San Rafael, CA

I have been a Nikonian for 40 years, but I just switched to a Sony a6300. My last Nikon was a D7100. The Sony will shoot 11 frames a second and will take about 30 frames to fill the buffer. The focus is faster also. One down side is only having one card slot.

I do admit that it takes a lot of getting used to after all my years with Nikons.

Brucej67 Loc: Cary, NC

So you went from a DSLR to a mirrorless camera, was there a reason for it? The D500 fills the buffer after 200 shots at 10 frames per second.

mikeroetex Loc: Lafayette, LA

Bruce, do you have any FX cameras? I'm torn between a D750 or D810... or wait for a D500. I like landscapes, Milky Way and sports. BIF is not on my list. Leaning to a D750 as I've had pretty good success with D7200 for sports. But, given the D500 and D750 are similar in price, I feel a dilemma. My long glass is FX anyway, but I would need to buy a wide angle and perhaps the 24-120 F4 to use an FX camera effectively.

Moomoo48 Loc: Boston

Thank you

Moomoo48 Loc: Boston

Thanks for your support

Moomoo48 Loc: Boston

I'd love to have one but I would have to hit the lottery

Moomoo48 Loc: Boston

That has awesome range I use a Nikon 70-200 which lacks the range sometimes