Q3 continuous drive mode

[PeeDeeVee]

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So I've been trying to shoot a burst of shots with my q3. I was trying to capture some lightning. 

I put it into mf, 1/500,iso 800. I set the drive to 14fps

But when I hit the shutter release there is a sec or two lag before the exposures start. 

Any idea how to correct this? 

[ruskkyle]

Sorry to ask the obvious, but was the self timer active?

[PeeDeeVee]

Lol... No... Self timer not active. 

[EddieCheddar]

Hello PeeDeeVee.

You may also want to try "Interval" mode.

For example: Set the camera to take 1 photo every second for 60 seconds starting in 10 seconds.

It's sort of like fishing.  Toss your line in and see if you catch anything.  
 

[PeeDeeVee]

43 minutes ago, EddieCheddar said:

Hello PeeDeeVee.

You may also want to try "Interval" mode.

For example: Set the camera to take 1 photo every second for 60 seconds starting in 10 seconds.

It's sort of like fishing.  Toss your line in and see if you catch anything.  
 

That's a useful technique but not for what I'm trying to do.  I'm trying to take 14 or so frames as fast as the camera can take them - which looks like about 10 frames per second in DNG.

It does seem to take them all but it doesn't start taking them the moment I press and hold the shutter.  It lags almost a full second before it starts capturing.

So in this instance I was shooting lightning over a cathedral.  As soon as the lightning struck I hammered the shutter to capture as many frames as I could as fast as I could so I could get variations of the lightning.  But I'd hit the shutter and I wouldn't get the first frame till almost a full second later when the lightning was gone.

I'm thinking now, as I type, that perhaps I need even faster SD cards.  I'm using Sandisk Extreme Pro UHS II 128Gb cards which I can capture 24fps at 47mp on my Canon.  I'd assumed they would be fast enough 

[ruskkyle]

I think that’s probably it. You need V90 SD cards ideally. I use the Angelbird ones and have no issues.
 

[PeeDeeVee]

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I'll look into that but even UHS ii cards are faster than 90mb/s. I think they're 135 or so. 

 

Could be some other difference I'm not aware of

[ruskkyle]

I just tested on the settings you mentioned an at 15fps there is no delay.

[PeeDeeVee]

I was playing with it now and it worked as well. Only difference is that I switched to jpg.  I think it may be dng vs jpg.  I'm on a flight in a few minutes I'll check while in flight and post when I can. 

Thanks for your help! 

Edited November 9, 2024 by PeeDeeVee

[PeeDeeVee]

59 minutes ago, ruskkyle said:

I just tested on the settings you mentioned an at 15fps there is no delay.

I just played with it too and it is working perfectly now. 

I reloaded a user profile so I must have had something set that slowed it down. Thankfully all is well

Thanks!