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Dec 24, 2018 13:20:35   #
Raz Theo Loc: Music City
 
I shoot a D7100 with primarily an old 35-70 2.8D and 70-200 2.8 VRII set to Raw Lossless 14 bit + JPEG Fine. At these settings this camera is notorious for it's lousy frame rate and buffer. I struggle to reach 4 fames a sec. I recently added a 16-80 2.8-4 DX to my lens collection. Shooting with my new lens, in the woods the other day, an owl was flying straight down the path at me and I managed to fire off, not four but NINE shots before the buffer slowed me down! I was stunned; couldn't believe it. Had to be an accident. But later (after I had my heart checked out) I found none of the settings had changed (I double checked). I thought some good gremlin had infiltrated my new lens but in swapping out and test-firing my other lenses, I have discovered I now possess a D7100 that thinks it's a D500. This cannot happen, right?
Thoughts?

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Dec 24, 2018 13:30:45   #
jak86094
 
Raz Theo wrote:
I shoot a D7100 with primarily an old 35-70 2.8D and 70-200 2.8 VRII set to Raw Lossless 14 bit + JPEG Fine. At these settings this camera is notorious for it's lousy frame rate and buffer. I struggle to reach 4 fames a sec. I recently added a 16-80 2.8-4 DX to my lens collection. Shooting with my new lens, in the woods the other day, an owl was flying straight down the path at me and I managed to fire off, not four but NINE shots before the buffer slowed me down! I was stunned; couldn't believe it. Had to be an accident. But later (after I had my heart checked out) I found none of the settings had changed (I double checked). I thought some good gremlin had infiltrated my new lens but in swapping out and test-firing my other lenses, I have discovered I now possess a D7100 that thinks it's a D500. This cannot happen, right?
Thoughts?
I shoot a D7100 with primarily an old 35-70 2.8D a... (show quote)


Interesting. Frame rate often has a lot to do with the read/write speed of the memory card being used. Did you by chance insert a new (faster) SD card? This might allow the images to be saved considerably faster and thus clear the buffer more quickly, allowing a faster frame rate. If you didn't change to jpeg or a lower quality raw, that's about all I can think of that would affect the frame rate in any significant manner. jak

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Dec 24, 2018 13:47:43   #
chase4 Loc: Punta Corona, California
 
Take a look at this website, it may help. chase

https://www.cameramemoryspeed.com

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Dec 24, 2018 14:02:47   #
jar Loc: North New Jersey
 
Can the speed change be due to the newer lens focusing faster than the older ones especially you state you are shooting wildlife.

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Dec 24, 2018 14:07:18   #
Dngallagher Loc: Wilmington De.
 
Raz Theo wrote:
I shoot a D7100 with primarily an old 35-70 2.8D and 70-200 2.8 VRII set to Raw Lossless 14 bit + JPEG Fine. At these settings this camera is notorious for it's lousy frame rate and buffer. I struggle to reach 4 fames a sec. I recently added a 16-80 2.8-4 DX to my lens collection. Shooting with my new lens, in the woods the other day, an owl was flying straight down the path at me and I managed to fire off, not four but NINE shots before the buffer slowed me down! I was stunned; couldn't believe it. Had to be an accident. But later (after I had my heart checked out) I found none of the settings had changed (I double checked). I thought some good gremlin had infiltrated my new lens but in swapping out and test-firing my other lenses, I have discovered I now possess a D7100 that thinks it's a D500. This cannot happen, right?
Thoughts?
I shoot a D7100 with primarily an old 35-70 2.8D a... (show quote)


Defiantly, make sure you have the fastest cards possible to get the best frame rate you can with a D7100. The teeny tiny buffer really hurts the D7100 in my opinion.

Chase4 has it right.... check for the fastest cards for your camera

I used a pair of Samsung Pro's, 90 mb/s in my D7100 before switching to my Canon 80d and a Sandisk Extreme Pro.

chase4 wrote:
Take a look at this website, it may help. chase

https://www.cameramemoryspeed.com

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Dec 24, 2018 15:17:58   #
joer Loc: Colorado/Illinois
 
jak86094 wrote:
Interesting. Frame rate often has a lot to do with the read/write speed of the memory card being used. Did you by chance insert a new (faster) SD card? This might allow the images to be saved considerably faster and thus clear the buffer more quickly, allowing a faster frame rate. If you didn't change to jpeg or a lower quality raw, that's about all I can think of that would affect the frame rate in any significant manner. jak


You files are smaller so the can hold more and clear buffer quicker.

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Dec 24, 2018 16:07:22   #
TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC
 
Raz Theo wrote:
I shoot a D7100 with primarily an old 35-70 2.8D and 70-200 2.8 VRII set to Raw Lossless 14 bit + JPEG Fine. At these settings this camera is notorious for it's lousy frame rate and buffer. I struggle to reach 4 fames a sec. I recently added a 16-80 2.8-4 DX to my lens collection. Shooting with my new lens, in the woods the other day, an owl was flying straight down the path at me and I managed to fire off, not four but NINE shots before the buffer slowed me down! I was stunned; couldn't believe it. Had to be an accident. But later (after I had my heart checked out) I found none of the settings had changed (I double checked). I thought some good gremlin had infiltrated my new lens but in swapping out and test-firing my other lenses, I have discovered I now possess a D7100 that thinks it's a D500. This cannot happen, right?
Thoughts?
I shoot a D7100 with primarily an old 35-70 2.8D a... (show quote)


Any chance you were just shooting JPEG fine? (Either by removing or disabling raw)

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Dec 24, 2018 16:10:54   #
R.G. Loc: Scotland
 
jar wrote:
Can the speed change be due to the newer lens focusing faster than the older ones especially you state you are shooting wildlife.


That's what I thought, especially if AF is set to continuous.

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Dec 25, 2018 06:34:11   #
chrisg-optical Loc: New York, NY
 
Raz Theo wrote:
I shoot a D7100 with primarily an old 35-70 2.8D and 70-200 2.8 VRII set to Raw Lossless 14 bit + JPEG Fine. At these settings this camera is notorious for it's lousy frame rate and buffer. I struggle to reach 4 fames a sec. I recently added a 16-80 2.8-4 DX to my lens collection. Shooting with my new lens, in the woods the other day, an owl was flying straight down the path at me and I managed to fire off, not four but NINE shots before the buffer slowed me down! I was stunned; couldn't believe it. Had to be an accident. But later (after I had my heart checked out) I found none of the settings had changed (I double checked). I thought some good gremlin had infiltrated my new lens but in swapping out and test-firing my other lenses, I have discovered I now possess a D7100 that thinks it's a D500. This cannot happen, right?
Thoughts?
I shoot a D7100 with primarily an old 35-70 2.8D a... (show quote)


The other setting that affects frame rate on the D7100/7200 is the auto ISO setting - auto ISO will tend to slow down the fps...so set it to a fixed ISO for max rate.

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Dec 25, 2018 07:04:00   #
uhaas2009
 
You have dual memory slots, set one for jpg and one for raw but I’m not sure if this speeds up the buffer. The read and write speed of the memory card plays definitely a role, too. Check if you have a setting what makes the camera slow (I reset my d7000 because some errors)
The focus engine isn’t the strongest and fastest ether. 70-300 VR 3.5-5.6 on the d810 vs d7000 shows difference in speed and sound. My old high end lens 18-55mm2.8 lens I don’t feel this kind of a different.

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Dec 25, 2018 07:47:01   #
billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
 
Raz Theo wrote:
I shoot a D7100 with primarily an old 35-70 2.8D and 70-200 2.8 VRII set to Raw Lossless 14 bit + JPEG Fine. At these settings this camera is notorious for it's lousy frame rate and buffer. I struggle to reach 4 fames a sec. I recently added a 16-80 2.8-4 DX to my lens collection. Shooting with my new lens, in the woods the other day, an owl was flying straight down the path at me and I managed to fire off, not four but NINE shots before the buffer slowed me down! I was stunned; couldn't believe it. Had to be an accident. But later (after I had my heart checked out) I found none of the settings had changed (I double checked). I thought some good gremlin had infiltrated my new lens but in swapping out and test-firing my other lenses, I have discovered I now possess a D7100 that thinks it's a D500. This cannot happen, right?
Thoughts?
I shoot a D7100 with primarily an old 35-70 2.8D a... (show quote)


Shooting RAW slows not only the frame rate on the Nikon but the buffer also. Using a fast memory can help but the D7100 won no awards with it's supper slow buffer and frame rate. IF YOU WANT FASTER IT WOULD REQUIRE ANOTHER CAMERA BODY.

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Dec 25, 2018 09:29:47   #
CPR Loc: Nature Coast of Florida
 
The frame rate is affected by the time it takes to write the image to the card so if you were in the woods the only action was the owl and all the rest of the scene was dark and relatively featureless the shots would be quicker to create a jpg version and quicker to save.

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Dec 25, 2018 10:18:35   #
pahtspix
 
Since the D7200 has just been discontinued, I think if you made the switch to one of this this model, most of your controls would be in exactly the same as on your 7100, but with a MUCH better buffer which you will instantly notice when you shoot bursts with it, and otherwise the camera will feel quite similar to your D7100!.. And like I mentioned, the discontinuance of the 7200 should make it quite appealing price wise..New or used!..Good luck!!

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Dec 25, 2018 11:04:35   #
Raz Theo Loc: Music City
 
TriX wrote:
Any chance you were just shooting JPEG fine? (Either by removing or disabling raw)

Thanks to everyone for their variety of thoughts but TriX actually nailed it: somehow my settings got switched from raw + jpeg fine to jpeg fine in both slots. I don't have a clue how that happened or how I missed it in the menu but it's something I'm gonna be on the lookout for.
Thanks again.

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Dec 25, 2018 15:04:03   #
PHRubin Loc: Nashville TN USA
 
I would check the EXIF data to see if the camera changed anything.

Slow shutter speeds also slow frame rate.

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