This is really frustrating.
I was out and about today, and yet again I was cursing the camera for not having a 'just take the shot NOW' button.
I was taking shots in quick succession (shooting RAW, camera set to 'P', no fill-flash, daylight, sunny day, auto-focus) - But I found that 2 or 3 times, when it came to shots that I really wanted, (like when people had that perfect expression) the shutter wouldn't fire and I lost the moment. I was getting focus lock, but no matter for how long I kept the thing pressed it wouldn't take a shot. And then suddenly, after about a ten second delay with my finger on the button I got a click.
I *think* I've managed to recreate the problem here at home. If I shoot say twenty shots continuously I get the 'r00' indicator in the bottom right (I think that's the shot buffer indicator) - It counts back up to r04. But then, even when I keep my finger on the shutter there a further 6 or 7 second delay before it takes the shot. But this is the exception rather than the rule.
What normally happens is the first 4 shots fire quickly, and then (if I keep my finger on the shutter) the following shots have about a one second delay between them. Nothing like the 10 second delay I got a couple of times today. Unless, it was a combination of auto-focus hunting and raw buffer and my panic attack making 3 seconds feel like 3 hours...
So, my question. It is better to let the memory buffer recover fully before trying to shoot again? Okay, it only takes 4 seconds, but I think that's whats causing this issue.
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