Skateboard action with NX1100

vatazhka wrote:

Mediocre shot-to-shot / burst performance is a weak spot of NX1000/1100. NX20, which belongs to the same generation as NX1000/1100, reportedly offers somewhat bigger buffer, but I wouldn't expect a material change with upgrade. I believe that this boils down to data write speed which seems to be capped by the camera.

I dont think this statement is correct: burst performance is very good in NX1100. 8fps is quite a good number. Consider Nikon d3300 has a 5fps burst.

I also dont think that is a buffer size problem. It is more the way the Samsung buffer works. Many Dslr fill the buffer and then slow down operation letting you shoot again as soon as there is enough space to write a new image in the buffer. With my Sony a200 i can shoot 3fps/jpeg almost indefinitely (small files and slow fps). When the samsung buffer is full you would not be able to shot until it is totally empty again. I think that it is due to the fact that the Drime imaging processor do it all and can't do it at the same time...

I would expect the buffer to empty faster if i shot in lower quality and this does not seems to appen so i may think that the buffer is always filled with RAW images and then processing time is not only to move the images from the buffer to the memory but also processing it.

But in this case i will expect that if i choose 10Mpix and no filters it would have been at least a bit faster...

The only solution now is to upgrade to NX30 (which only solves the issue to some extent - the bursts will definitely be longer than NX1100 can offer) or NX1 (which reportedly is only outclassed by top action DSLRs).

Maybe NX30 will beecome an option for me when the NX50 will be out but i dont expect it to totally resolve this problem.

I personally hope that this issue will be rectified by the upcoming NX500...

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