R6m2 RAW Burst mode greyed out

[BackDeckPhoto]

Good evening, my R6m2 RAW burst mode is greyed out and if I click on it (in the menu) it says it can't enable with the current shooting settings. Any ideas what is keeping it from being set?

Thanks,

BackDeck

[March411]

I apologize in advance if this question seems obvious but the camera comes factory set up for jpg. Did you set it up for raw? 

[BackDeckPhoto]

March411, yes indeed. It is set to RAW. 

[March411]

Sorry BDP, I had to ask....my OCD kicked in.

Option for Raw Burst Mode. Camera menu, menu 6?

Have you tried a different SD card?

Current firmware?

[p4pictures]

There are a couple of possibilities that prevent RAW burst mode from being available, I suggest you check the following items

• Dual Pixel RAW is enabled
• HDR shooting HDR PQ is enabled
• HDR mode is set to moving subject or dynamic range

EDIT: Any of these above will stop RAW burst mode from being selected.

[BackDeckPhoto]

I found my answer. I'm a bit embarassed, the camera was in bulb mode. I figured it was something simple.

[p4pictures]

Don't be embarrassed, there's so many different settings and combinations that it's hard to watch all of them at the same time, even some of the more obvious ones. The key is that you can now use the raw burst mode on your camera. 

A quick pointer... I have tried RAW burst a few times, and some subjects it is great for, others not so. I went to the drag racing and used RAW burst with the pre-shooting to captures shots of the cars leaving the start line. Most of the shots I used were taken from the pre-shooting part of the burst. Clearly my reaction time is nowhere close to that of the drivers. This was a good use of RAW burst. 

I've also used it for a shot of a dog running towards me. The dog started sat down, and then was called by the owner stood behind me. In this I mostly used frames from after the pre-shooting section, and actually it would have been simpler to have set the camera to high speed continuous drive rather than raw burst. 

[March411]

That was good for a chuckle BDP. Glad you got it solved!