The long-awaited Nikon D7100 has been available to you and I for a little over two weeks now and early sales figures seemed to be pretty good, as there had been several stock issues the moment this latest DSLR went on sale. Thankfully retailers have finally managed to get on top of these early problems, which is more than we can say from one or two of the cameras features.
It seems as though several owners have issues with the Nikon D7100 buffer capacity, because it does not take long before being filled. Nikon will not go out of their way to share this information with you, unless you dig into the full specs, although a Forum member has felt the need to share this information with you, as they feel it’s an important factor in your buying decision.
The Nikonites Forum member says, “The D7100 frame buffer is 6 lossless-compressed 14-bit NEFs, or 7 lossless compressed 12-bit NEFs.” You’ll agree with him about this being a bit of a concern, especially when you consider the D7100 is said to be a birding camera.
What confuses other members of the Forum is the fact the D7100 has a much improved sensor than its predecessor, the D7000, so why have they stuck with the same buffer size? If you have yet to come across this issue, then look out for a bird in flight and start shooting, you will get through those frames in less than two seconds. However, if you select a larger image those frames will be used up in less than one second. You can see this issue in action in the video embedded below.
There are many more cases like this, which are explained in the Forum, which you can see HERE, but we’d love to know if you have experienced these buffer issues with the Nikon D7100? There have also been several issues with older Sigma lenses not being compatible, again have you noticed this problem?
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