5DII shooting bursts what are you getting?

[mike_oflaherty]

<p>Call me stupid but how do you get the burst rates that they claim? I'm using a San Disk Extreme 4cf 8g Card and getting about 9-10 frames in any mode(Raw, L etc). Hyperdrive is on AF and IS is off. So is it me doing something wrong or missing a setting or is it back into the box to the shop. Any input tips or tricks?</p>

[bobatkins]

<p>I'll bet you have high ISO noise reduction on. It significantly reduces the number of images you can capture in a burst.</p>

<p>It's in the manual.</p>

[steve_crist]

<p>Turn off <strong>ALL</strong> custom features and set the ISO to 100. I have a 1DMKIII which is rated for burst of 110 JPEG or 30 raw. When I have a couple custom features set, ISO set above 400, and record set for raw plus Ljpeg my burst drops to 30 jpeg or 15 raw (The 1D3 has a display showing the available burst capacity). Having high ISO noise reduction and higlight tone priority turned on really lowers the available burst rate. Try this and your numbers should increase.</p>

[mike_oflaherty]

<p>Thanks Bob,<br>

It was me misunderstanding long exposure and high noise settings thought they were the same. You live and learn thanks again. Gave a test run goes like stink for 5DII.</p>

[philip_wilson]

<p>I get around 12-15 RAW and have never got to the end in JPEG (at least 100 shots) using UDMA cards</p>

[hawkman]

<p>I have Extreme IV 4GB, I can get 17 CR2 files in a burst with NR and ALO set to off. </p>