Warning: Using your camera in a manner other than that described by the manual could possibly damage your camera, void your warranty, or cause impotence. Follow the steps described below at your own risk.
First, make the following custom setting adjustments:
- e5: Flash only
- e6: Flash only
- f4: Button press - Bracketing burst
- f4: Button + dials - Bracketing mode
Then set your camera to JPG or 12-bit RAW mode. Set exposure manually. Activate bracketing with the Fn + Command dial and set 9F (9 frames). Set your shooting mode to single-shot (S). Do not use flash. Then hold the Fn button and when you are ready to shoot, press the shutter release and continue holding the Fn button. The camera will fire up to 9 frames at 8 fps.
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To continue shooting after 9 frames, you will need to let up on the shutter release and depress it again. If you fire fewer than 9 shots, you will only be able to shoot the remaining exposures in your 9-frame burst if you continue shooting again, without letting up on the shutter release again.
Since you have set auto bracketing to apply only to flash, your non-flash bracketing burst is fired at your manually set exposure — it is not bracketed.
Deal Alert:D300 with 18-200 VR lens
Last modified on 2008-04-10 06:55:36 GMT. 4 comments. Top.
Nikon is offering a $300 instant rebate on the purchase of a D300 with an 18-200/f3.5-5.6G ED-IF AF-S VR DX lens when purchased from an authorized dealer through May 11. This is a fantastic deal, considering the 18-200 was selling for above-MSRP prices on eBay not all that long ago.
6 responses so far ↓
1 Jim // Apr 15, 2008 at 11:49 am
Thanks for the tip. I tried it and it works exactly as you described. It fires noticeably faster than 6fps, just can’t tell if it’s at 8fps.
I read somewhere that the EN-EL3E didn’t have the juice to drive the shutter at 8fps. This experiment proves that it does.
So the question becomes: why did Nikon limit it to 6fps? Is that a ploy to make people buy the grip?
2 The Sports Photo Guy // Apr 15, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Could be. Or there could be real engineering issues involved that make running the camera at this speed, with that power source, detrimental to your health or the proper functioning of the camera or battery (and thus my warning). Having a bit of science and engineering in my background I’m reluctant to be 100% cynical about such things.
3 Jim // Apr 15, 2008 at 3:59 pm
If it was an real engineering issue, why didn’t they make the bracketing burst at 6fps?
Maybe because one can’t do much damage firing 9 shots at a time…
4 The Sports Photo Guy // Apr 15, 2008 at 6:10 pm
Well…itis a bug, after all. 
5 Stephan // Apr 16, 2008 at 12:45 pm
Do you think it also works for the D200? I tried but couldn’t feel the difference. Thank you!
6 The Sports Photo Guy // Apr 16, 2008 at 1:06 pm
Don’t see why it would…since the D200 shoots at 5 fps all the time anyway.
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