D300 8fps trick

Regime|Life · 08-23-2008, 11:28 PM

I donno if anyone if anyone really cares but here's a trick to get 8fps without the battery grip using 8 AA's / EN-EL4A battery.

+ YouTube Video

Kinda neat.

liqdfire · 08-24-2008, 10:29 AM

Interesting trick, I think I( would prefer this over regular continuous for high speed auto photography.

enførcer[<o>] · 08-24-2008, 10:31 AM

I always thought that the grip thing was only there to move more of them off the shelves.

darkninja67 · 08-24-2008, 12:24 PM

Nice trick but I always like the balance a grip provides when attached

Regime|Life · 08-24-2008, 02:21 PM

I have the grip as well and I love it but just showing this to people who don't.

TRiXTER · 08-24-2008, 02:48 PM

sounds like the fps limitation is all software, in order to squeeze just a few extra bucks out of our pockets for a grip.

IT seems lie a great marketing scheme, but highly unethical from my POV. This might even piss of some clients, and might switch to a more honest manufacturer.

Regime|Life · 08-24-2008, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by TRiXTER

sounds like the fps limitation is all software, in order to squeeze just a few extra bucks out of our pockets for a grip.

IT seems lie a great marketing scheme, but highly unethical from my POV. This might even piss of some clients, and might switch to a more honest manufacturer.

I highly doubt this is going to cause anyone from switching. If you want a sport photographers camera you would get the D3, period.

Though it definitely does seems like its just software doing its thing... I wonder if anyone out there could hack the firmware.

Spacemoose · 08-24-2008, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by TRiXTER

sounds like the fps limitation is all software, in order to squeeze just a few extra bucks out of our pockets for a grip.

IT seems lie a great marketing scheme, but highly unethical from my POV. This might even piss of some clients, and might switch to a more honest manufacturer.

I hope you're not hinting at Canon...if you are, you're so far off the mark it isn't funny.

Overconfidence · 08-24-2008, 02:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TRiXTER

sounds like the fps limitation is all software, in order to squeeze just a few extra bucks out of our pockets for a grip.

IT seems lie a great marketing scheme, but highly unethical from my POV. This might even piss of some clients, and might switch to a more honest manufacturer.

It might not be able to "keep up" at 8 fps without the battery grip... this is a 9-frame burst (and slightly bracketed, I might add) so there should be no problems. Still, it might be able to do it without the grip (but we can't know for sure).

TRiXTER · 08-24-2008, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Spacemoose

I hope you're not hinting at Canon...if you are, you're so far off the mark it isn't funny.

I personally f'king hate canon for their "excelling" customer service

EllitoGay · 08-25-2008, 11:40 AM

that doesnt sound like 8 fps.. sounds like a little less..

Feral · 08-25-2008, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by EllitoGay

that doesnt sound like 8 fps.. sounds like a little less..

Yeah, I'd say its about 6 maybe.

Zed · 08-25-2008, 02:56 PM

It's entirely possible that although it's capable of doing 8fps with the onboard battery, doing so can damage it. Overdrawing a battery can cause overheating, and damage the battery and electronics.

I did some testing with Li-Ion batteries in Airsoft guns, and we kept having them melt or explode because the draw was so high.

Just because you can talk a gadget into doing something doesn't mean its developers didn't have a good reason for placing that restriction on it in the first place.

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Originally Posted by Regime|Life

I highly doubt this is going to cause anyone from switching. If you want a sport photographers camera you would get the D3, period.

Though it definitely does seems like its just software doing its thing... I wonder if anyone out there could hack the firmware.

Didn't the original Digital Rebel have a firmware hack that enabled a bunch of features? Want to talk about crippling a product through firmware?

Joves · 08-25-2008, 05:46 PM

I have the grip but, it is a nice little trick though. I will pass it on to others I know.

Regime|Life · 08-25-2008, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by EllitoGay

that doesnt sound like 8 fps.. sounds like a little less..

It is 8fps. I tried it at 6fps and than set it to that, you can notice it easily.

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TRiXTER	sounds like the fps limitation is all software, in order to squeeze just a few extra bucks out of our pockets for a grip. IT seems lie a great marketing scheme, but highly unethical from my POV. This might even piss of some clients, and might switch to a more honest manufacturer.
08-24-2008, 02:48 PM	#6

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