G3 Burst Mode Bug?

harry_s · #1 August 29th, 2011, 12:47 PM

I shot a full days motorsport with my G3 for the first time today and noticed a very annoying 'quirk' that I could not fix regardless of the options I chose...

Focus Mode: AFC
Burst Mode: High
Focus Priority: Off

On a static subject with confirmed focus lock (green square) the camera would fire at its full FPS rate. However, when panning fast moving cars (which never once gave me a confirmed focus lock, hence me turning Focus Priority off) it would not burst, holding down the shutter would fire at about 1fps instead of 4fps experienced on a static object. As far as I can tell from the manual, Focus Priority would be the only obvious option that could stifle the burst rate, yet this was definitely off.

Any ideas?

lannes · #2 August 29th, 2011, 06:20 PM

Did you exceed the buffer capacity, I believe it's 7 shots for raw, then it would slow down while it cleared the buffer.

~tc~ · #3 August 29th, 2011, 06:23 PM

I believe its the AFC - I have been reading a lot since I just got mine, don't recall if it was in the manual or one of the reviews.

I would think AF LOCK would be a huge improvement for your kind of shooting.

harry_s · #4 August 30th, 2011, 01:09 AM

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Originally Posted by lannes

Did you exceed the buffer capacity, I believe it's 7 shots for raw, then it would slow down while it cleared the buffer.

No it was after the first shot in a sequence that it would then 'stall', shooting JPEG.