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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Duke Leto" data-source="post: 1589863" data-attributes="member: 35693">Rioja of course you're comments are welcome <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> Glad you bought one, I too would challenge the claim on the RAW frame rate, never shoot anything else and find that as mentioned will happily run of at 5 fps until the buffer is full, god would that p people off if you sat in a hide and did that......Check your settings see if you've got it flat out.Wouldn't use 51 fp for bif shots, i still tend to use 1 or 9 but I suppose it depends on how fast your lens is, my sigma 500 gets a bit lost / confused when I point it skywards on 51 point AF..........CF rules, look at the pro range all CF, SD is used as quite a few laptops / media devices and TV's take SD cards so video can be easily watched without a cable.With a big lens on the grip MB-D10 is essential as it offers better balance and control.  I have considered getting a EL-4 at trying out 8fps but its an expensive whim at the moment.Agree re quiet shutter, if you were staking out a subject yourself in the wild and noise was an issue then fine, go it to any public hide and try and keep the noise levels down is impossible.Look forward to seeing the results and at that price it would be a no brainer over a D300 as an upgrade from a D40,50,60,70,80 or 90........</blockquote>

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