D850: "Max. Continuous Release" in Silent LV: Is this a bug?

"Silent live view photography" (SL1), doesn't seem to be affected by the value in "Max. continuous release".

In CH and CL modes the camera just keeps on shooting as long as I'm holding down the release.

If I set "Silent live view photography" to "off" then the camera does stop taking pictures after capturing the number of them specified in "Max. continuous release" *The same is true for SL2.

Also, when Exposure Bracketing is engaged the camera stops taking pictures after completing the sequence (in CH or CL), regardless of what's specified in the "Max continuous release". For example:

"Max. continuous release": 3 frames

"Exposure bracketing": 5 frames

Camera stops taking pictures after capturing 5 frames (in CH or CL). I know that this is NOT the way it's supposed to be.

 

*In every "non-silent" mode everything works like it should and the "Max. continuous release" is the ultimate limiter.

 

Like, what's going on here? Did I do something stupid or is this a bug?

 

I wonder what other "surprises" await as I keep exploring my new camera.

According to the manual, you are not experiencing bugs.

 

In SL1 mode the camera is not affexted by the number set in Max Continuous Release. It is not in SL2 either, but then it is limited to shooting for three seconds (the number of shots are controlled by the drive mode CL/CH). SL1/2 do have some limitations, which are mentioned in the manual. Since the MCR setting is not mentioned, I would conclude SL1/2 are supposed to override MCR.

 

The same goes for bracketing. The manual clearly states that it will shoot and stop once the bracketing sequence is done. In self timer mode it also mentions that the MCR setting is not active and that it will take a shot every time the release button is pressed. If I have set MCR to 3 and BR to 9, I would expect the camera to finish the BR sequence as the latter number is session specific (actually it is not since it is saved as a BR setting but the use of BR is session specific).

 

I consider the MCR a limiter for spray and pray use. SL1 and bracketing are special use cases, which I would say should not be affected by MCR as those are manually selected by the user for a special reason. The same goes for number of shots in a focus shift setup (where the manual says you can select up to 300 shots, thus clearly disabling MCR as that stops at 200 shots). I have not used the intervalometer, but that also allows you to set the number of shots per interval.

 

The D850 does offer a lot of settings and it does take quite some time to figure out all dependencies for some settings.

Wow... That's a bummer but thanks, man.

I'm wondering if the Z6 / Z7 behaves the same way when the electronic shutter is employed.

I would think the intention of the maximum continuous release setting is to prevent the mechanical shutter from being worn out by accident if the shutter button is being depressed in the bag while the camera was left powered up.

 

Silent shutter doesn't use the mechanical shutter, so there is no urgent need to protect the camera from parts wear.

Illka, while it sounds plausible, I would sooner think it is to save the battery from draining completely from accidental shooting than saving shutter actuations.