[spinach]

Yes, it is. You will also notice that raw burst mode is very slow, but if you select bracketing, the three photos are taken faster. So it seems that burst mode could be faster, but is limited artificially.

bracketing is multiple images held in the buffer and processed together as one image. burst mode is each image shot, processed and stored individually. it's far from the same.

[LensBeginner]

bracketing is multiple images held in the buffer and processed together as one image. burst mode is each image shot, processed and stored individually. it's far from the same.

That means the buffer must be large enough to contain at least 3 images.
If it is only a speed issue then (i.e. processing) why the jpeg limit is way higher?

[RonHendriks1966]

That means the buffer must be large enough to contain at least 3 images.
If it is only a speed issue then (i.e. processing) why the jpeg limit is way higher?

Yes the buffer is large enough for 3 RAW images at highspeed (6 fps). Don't think the buffer is much larger.

[LensBeginner]

Yes the buffer is large enough for 3 RAW images at highspeed (6 fps). Don't think the buffer is much larger.

...and in spite of this, burst mode is limited to the "Low" setting, 1fps when shooting RAW. Not 6fps for 3 frames (half a second) and then a degraded mode, as it is the case for jpeg.
An artificial limitation, software-side, it seems.

[spinach]

it holds three images, then it takes a real long time processing them to create a single bracketed image. it's not like you can shoot sets for bracketing back to back like regular stills. burst mode also includes time to move each image from the buffer to the memory card, taking up more precious time even with UHS cards.

[Steve.Ledger]

bracketing is multiple images held in the buffer and processed together as one image. .

it holds three images, then it takes a real long time processing them to create a single bracketed image. it's not like you can shoot sets for bracketing back to back like regular stills

Incorrect.
Bracketing produce three separate images with a variance in exposure.
You may be thinking of HDR which does as you describe.

[RonHendriks1966]

...and in spite of this, burst mode is limited to the "Low" setting, 1fps when shooting RAW. Not 6fps for 3 frames (half a second) and then a degraded mode, as it is the case for jpeg.
An artificial limitation, software-side, it seems.

Never tested it, but maybe not even much faster then the lo-setting. In that you can take 1 fps and that I tested came to 60 frames in one minute. Didn't look into the bracketing if making them could deliver actually more frames in one minute, but it delivers on the 3 frames in fast shooting. I sometimes use that, its a matter of good timing.

This one I made with the bracketing.

https://www.pentaxforums.com/gallery/photo-wait-43636/&u=14650

[LensBeginner]

Never tested it, but maybe not even much faster then the lo-setting. In that you can take 1 fps and that I tested came to 60 frames in one minute. Didn't look into the bracketing if making them could deliver actually more frames in one minute, but it delivers on the 3 frames in fast shooting. I sometimes use that, its a matter of good timing.

This one I made with the bracketing.

https://www.pentaxforums.com/gallery/photo-wait-43636/&u=14650

Wow, awesome PP! post liked.

[spinach]

Incorrect.
Bracketing produce three separate images with a variance in exposure.
You may be thinking of HDR which does as you describe.

true. still,

it's not like you can shoot sets for bracketing back to back like regular stills

the processing time after taking bracketed shots is long as hell and nothing like a continuous burst mode

[monochrome]

It is a K-01, which is a mid-range camera. It wasn't built to rival a K-5.

[RonHendriks1966]

It is a K-01, which is a mid-range camera. It wasn't built to rival a K-5.

Yes but when are futures entry level, mid range or pro? Does it really matter to the one buying it? The K-01 is a one-off so it could get any future without competing K-5. (likewise for the K-S1 with all the led's.......)

[Doundounba]

the processing time after taking bracketed shots is long as hell and nothing like a continuous burst mode

The point is, if you use exposure bracketing (in drive modes), and NOT HDR, then the camera takes three quick photos and just saves them. No processing is done on the shots! This works even in raw mode. Thus some people use this, usually at +-0.3eV, as a "hack" that causes the camera to fire off a quick volley of three raw shots way faster than the camera's (awful) continuous raw burst mode. You can then pull up (or down) the shot in post if the -0.3eV shot or the +0.3eV shot is the one you want. Of course, that just gives you a three-shot-burst, but you take what you can get (or you buy a K-3)...

[spinach]

burst mode, however, will get you more than three shots. also, it's a pretty fast burst mode. if you want something faster, get a smaller sensor. the nikon 1 series is great for burst mode.

[LensBeginner]

It is a K-01, which is a mid-range camera. It wasn't built to rival a K-5.

Price at introduction wasn't mid-range at all, methinks...

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The point is, if you use exposure bracketing (in drive modes), and NOT HDR, then the camera takes three quick photos and just saves them. No processing is done on the shots! This works even in raw mode. Thus some people use this, usually at +-0.3eV, as a "hack" that causes the camera to fire off a quick volley of three raw shots way faster than the camera's (awful) continuous raw burst mode. You can then pull up (or down) the shot in post if the -0.3eV shot or the +0.3eV shot is the one you want. Of course, that just gives you a three-shot-burst, but you take what you can get (or you buy a K-3)...

There always is some processing, at least in order to generate the jpeg preview which is integrated in the RAW, and then there's RAW NR starting from ISO3200...

[monochrome]

Price at introduction wasn't mid-range at all, methinks...

Poor price decisions have nothing to do with feature sets.