has anyone else noticed strange burst pattens? when I have sequential shots, I can never tell how many it will make, sometimes it goes 1, pause, 2, pause 7, pause; sometimes it goes 18 non stop, sometimes it goes 2, pause, 1, pause 1... so on, you get the point.

What kind of camera?

I noticed on my GF1 that any effect other than "Standard" would slow down continuous shooting. The GF1 will do 7 RAW frames at least, or unlimited if the memory card is fast enough.

I have an EP1

I remember my GF-1 never really did 7 shots in a burst either (RAW).. maybe it was still processing previous images.

I have just tested my E-PL1, it doesn't have problem doing 7 shots burst (RAW + JPEG).

oh my issue is nto that it CAN'T do it at all, its just that sometimes, for no apparent reason, it will stall after 1 or 2 and then pick up again normally. I was wondering if anyone else has experienced this.