D80: problems -- camera stops shooting...

hi, I have a Nikon D80..

after I have shot a few photos in quick succession, the camera stops
shooting.. (by "stops" I mean camera doesn't take photo when I press
shutter all the way down..) one thing I notice is that it when doesn't
take photo the focus brackets flash red..

as far as auto-focus mode, I'm in AF-C mode (which is supposed to take
photo when you press button all the way down whether or not obj is in
focus...) I put in a freshly-charged battery, which made it a bit
better at the beginning, but then it stopped again, after I shot a few
photos..

if I put the camera down for a bit then pick it up again it works fine
at first, then after a few seconds it stops... as far as shooting mode,
tried auto, portrait, close-up.. (shooting photos of my cat, indoors, so
using the flash.. at about 320 ISO, tried higher ISO also (which I
shouldn't need to do if shooting with the flash..) but again, it works
fine for a few seconds, then it stops...

either the camera has stopped working as it should or I'm doing
something wrong.. am a bit anxious to find out what's going on...

thank you...

maya wrote:

hi, I have a Nikon D80..

after I have shot a few photos in quick succession, the camera stops
shooting.. (by "stops" I mean camera doesn't take photo when I press
shutter all the way down..) one thing I notice is that it when doesn't
take photo the focus brackets flash red..

as far as auto-focus mode, I'm in AF-C mode (which is supposed to take
photo when you press button all the way down whether or not obj is in
focus...) I put in a freshly-charged battery, which made it a bit
better at the beginning, but then it stopped again, after I shot a few
photos..

if I put the camera down for a bit then pick it up again it works fine
at first, then after a few seconds it stops... as far as shooting mode,
tried auto, portrait, close-up.. (shooting photos of my cat, indoors, so
using the flash.. at about 320 ISO, tried higher ISO also (which I
shouldn't need to do if shooting with the flash..) but again, it works
fine for a few seconds, then it stops...

either the camera has stopped working as it should or I'm doing
something wrong.. am a bit anxious to find out what's going on...

thank you...


After shooting a certain number of shots, the memory buffer will be
full. You will not be able to shoot any further shots until the image
files in the memory buffer are written to the memory card.

It is perfectly normal. RTFM.

Tony Polson wrote:
maya wrote:

hi, I have a Nikon D80..

after I have shot a few photos in quick succession, the camera stops
shooting.. (by "stops" I mean camera doesn't take photo when I press
shutter all the way down..) one thing I notice is that it when doesn't
take photo the focus brackets flash red..

as far as auto-focus mode, I'm in AF-C mode (which is supposed to take
photo when you press button all the way down whether or not obj is in
focus...) I put in a freshly-charged battery, which made it a bit
better at the beginning, but then it stopped again, after I shot a few
photos..

if I put the camera down for a bit then pick it up again it works fine
at first, then after a few seconds it stops... as far as shooting mode,
tried auto, portrait, close-up.. (shooting photos of my cat, indoors, so
using the flash.. at about 320 ISO, tried higher ISO also (which I
shouldn't need to do if shooting with the flash..) but again, it works
fine for a few seconds, then it stops...

either the camera has stopped working as it should or I'm doing
something wrong.. am a bit anxious to find out what's going on...

thank you...


After shooting a certain number of shots, the memory buffer will be
full. You will not be able to shoot any further shots until the image
files in the memory buffer are written to the memory card.

It is perfectly normal. RTFM.


oh brother.. this sucks.. so this memory buffer is like a hard-drive
and photos autom. get transferred to card from there.. I thought maybe
I'd be able to improve this by hooking it up to an AC line (plug it to
the wall.. but maybe even not like that.. I guess the memory buffer
is kind of small....

so how fast photos get transferred, does this depend on what memory card
I have?

thank you very much...

On Sat, 22 Sep 2007 18:21:23 -0400, maya wrote:
: hi, I have a Nikon D80..
:
: after I have shot a few photos in quick succession, the camera stops
: shooting.. (by "stops" I mean camera doesn't take photo when I press
: shutter all the way down..) one thing I notice is that it when doesn't
: take photo the focus brackets flash red..
:
: as far as auto-focus mode, I'm in AF-C mode (which is supposed to take
: photo when you press button all the way down whether or not obj is in
: focus...) I put in a freshly-charged battery, which made it a bit
: better at the beginning, but then it stopped again, after I shot a few
: photos..
:
: if I put the camera down for a bit then pick it up again it works fine
: at first, then after a few seconds it stops... as far as shooting mode,
: tried auto, portrait, close-up.. (shooting photos of my cat, indoors, so
: using the flash.. at about 320 ISO, tried higher ISO also (which I
: shouldn't need to do if shooting with the flash..) but again, it works
: fine for a few seconds, then it stops...
:
: either the camera has stopped working as it should or I'm doing
: something wrong.. am a bit anxious to find out what's going on...
:
: thank you...

The likely explanation is that the camera is recording the images on the
memory card. The process is not instantaneous, and if you take several images
in quick succession, the buffer will fill up. Until it drains, you can't take
any more pictures. My Canon displays the word "BUSY" while this process goes
on. I'd guess that the Nikon displays a similar warning but that you just
didn't know to look for it.

If the speed of the memory card is the limiting factor, a faster card may
help. But if the limiting factor is the speed at which the camera can send the
image to the card, a faster card will do no good.

Bob

On Sat, 22 Sep 2007 19:44:22 -0400, I wrote:
: On Sat, 22 Sep 2007 18:21:23 -0400, maya wrote:
: : hi, I have a Nikon D80..
: :
: : after I have shot a few photos in quick succession, the camera stops
: : shooting.. (by "stops" I mean camera doesn't take photo when I press
: : shutter all the way down..) one thing I notice is that it when doesn't
: : take photo the focus brackets flash red..
: :
: : as far as auto-focus mode, I'm in AF-C mode (which is supposed to take
: : photo when you press button all the way down whether or not obj is in
: : focus...) I put in a freshly-charged battery, which made it a bit
: : better at the beginning, but then it stopped again, after I shot a few
: : photos..
: :
: : if I put the camera down for a bit then pick it up again it works fine
: : at first, then after a few seconds it stops... as far as shooting mode,
: : tried auto, portrait, close-up.. (shooting photos of my cat, indoors, so
: : using the flash.. at about 320 ISO, tried higher ISO also (which I
: : shouldn't need to do if shooting with the flash..) but again, it works
: : fine for a few seconds, then it stops...
: :
: : either the camera has stopped working as it should or I'm doing
: : something wrong.. am a bit anxious to find out what's going on...
: :
: : thank you...
:
: The likely explanation is that the camera is recording the images on the
: memory card. The process is not instantaneous, and if you take several images
: in quick succession, the buffer will fill up. Until it drains, you can't take
: any more pictures. My Canon displays the word "BUSY" while this process goes
: on. I'd guess that the Nikon displays a similar warning but that you just
: didn't know to look for it.
:
: If the speed of the memory card is the limiting factor, a faster card may
: help. But if the limiting factor is the speed at which the camera can send the
: image to the card, a faster card will do no good.

One point I neglected to mention is that lowering the resolution of the image
might help, since a low-resolution image is smaller and takes less time to
write.

Bob

"maya" wrote in message ...
hi, I have a Nikon D80..

if I put the camera down for a bit then pick it up again it works fine at
first, then after a few seconds it stops... as far as shooting mode,
tried auto, portrait, close-up.. (shooting photos of my cat, indoors, so
using the flash.. at about 320 ISO, tried higher ISO also (which I
shouldn't need to do if shooting with the flash..) but again, it works
fine for a few seconds, then it stops...


Probably you have exhausted the flash charge and are waiting for the flash
to recharge. Built in flashes tend to be slow to recharge if you use a full
power flash.

Perhaps try it without the flash, or turn the ISO up to like 1600 and use a
large aperture so little flash power would be required so you can take more
pictures before the charge is exhausted.

As others have said, you might have filled the buffer, but probably not.
Usually there is an indicator of the remaining buffer space, or at least the
manual will say the capacity. I think it is more likely that you are
waiting for the flash to recharge.

On Sat, 22 Sep 2007 18:21:23 -0400, maya wrote:

hi, I have a Nikon D80..

after I have shot a few photos in quick succession, the camera stops
shooting..

Please tell us what memory card you are using.

Don www.donwiss.com/pictures/ (e-mail link at page bottoms).

On Sun, 23 Sep 2007 04:10:32 GMT, "default" wrote:
: "maya" wrote in message ...
: hi, I have a Nikon D80..
:
: if I put the camera down for a bit then pick it up again it works fine
: at first, then after a few seconds it stops... as far as shooting mode,
: tried auto, portrait, close-up.. (shooting photos of my cat, indoors,
: so using the flash.. at about 320 ISO, tried higher ISO also (which I
: shouldn't need to do if shooting with the flash..) but again, it works
: fine for a few seconds, then it stops...
:
:
: Probably you have exhausted the flash charge and are waiting for the flash
: to recharge. Built in flashes tend to be slow to recharge if you use a full
: power flash.
:
: Perhaps try it without the flash, or turn the ISO up to like 1600 and use a
: large aperture so little flash power would be required so you can take more
: pictures before the charge is exhausted.
:
: As others have said, you might have filled the buffer, but probably not.
: Usually there is an indicator of the remaining buffer space, or at least
: the manual will say the capacity. I think it is more likely that you are
: waiting for the flash to recharge.

Maybe Nikons work differently, but my Canon won't stop you from taking the
picture in that circumstance. A warning light will tell you the flash isn't
ready at full power, but the shutter will fire anyway.

Bob

maya wrote:
Tony Polson wrote:
maya wrote:

hi, I have a Nikon D80..

after I have shot a few photos in quick succession, the camera stops
shooting.. (by "stops" I mean camera doesn't take photo when I press
shutter all the way down..) one thing I notice is that it when
doesn't take photo the focus brackets flash red..

as far as auto-focus mode, I'm in AF-C mode (which is supposed to
take photo when you press button all the way down whether or not obj
is in focus...) I put in a freshly-charged battery, which made it a
bit better at the beginning, but then it stopped again, after I shot
a few photos..

if I put the camera down for a bit then pick it up again it works
fine at first, then after a few seconds it stops... as far as
shooting mode, tried auto, portrait, close-up.. (shooting photos of
my cat, indoors, so using the flash.. at about 320 ISO, tried higher
ISO also (which I shouldn't need to do if shooting with the flash..)
but again, it works fine for a few seconds, then it stops...

either the camera has stopped working as it should or I'm doing
something wrong.. am a bit anxious to find out what's going on...

thank you...


After shooting a certain number of shots, the memory buffer will be
full. You will not be able to shoot any further shots until the image
files in the memory buffer are written to the memory card.

It is perfectly normal. RTFM.


oh brother.. this sucks.. so this memory buffer is like a hard-drive
and photos autom. get transferred to card from there.. I thought maybe
I'd be able to improve this by hooking it up to an AC line (plug it to
the wall.. but maybe even not like that.. I guess the memory buffer
is kind of small....

so how fast photos get transferred, does this depend on what memory card
I have?

thank you very much...
That, and the format you're saving to.. Raw = slow..

Like the man said.. look it up in the manual.. it's all there.


P.

philippe wrote:
maya wrote:
Tony Polson wrote:
maya wrote:

hi, I have a Nikon D80..

after I have shot a few photos in quick succession, the camera stops

After shooting a certain number of shots, the memory buffer will be
full. You will not be able to shoot any further shots until the image
files in the memory buffer are written to the memory card.

It is perfectly normal. RTFM.

oh brother.. this sucks.. so this memory buffer is like a hard-drive
and photos autom. get transferred to card from there.. I thought
maybe I'd be able to improve this by hooking it up to an AC line (plug
it to the wall.. but maybe even not like that.. I guess the memory
buffer is kind of small....

so how fast photos get transferred, does this depend on what memory
card I have?

thank you very much...

That, and the format you're saving to.. Raw = slow..

When I need to shoot bursts, I go to jpeg only, like a bee in flight for
example.

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