The Nikon D5 is capable of high-speed continuous shooting at approximately 12 fps (with AF and AE tracking) in all image quality modes and at all ISO sensitivity settings. What’s more, it can shoot up to 200 12-bit lossless compressed RAW images can be captured with a single burst of continuous shooting.
The following chart reveals the Nikon D5 buffer capacity. It shows the number of images that can be recorded on a 64GB memory card and the number of images that can be recorded in continuous shooting.
Image Format FX (36 × 24)
| Image quality mode | Image size |
Per frame |
Number of pictures | Continuous shooting number of frames |
|
| XQD card | CF card | ||||
| RAW (Lossless compression RAW / 12-bit recording) |
L M S |
19.3MB 13.9MB 10.5MB |
1700 2400 3100 |
200 200 200 |
119 172 200 |
| RAW (Lossless compression RAW / 14-bit recording) |
L | 24.2MB | 1300 | 200 | 82 |
| RAW (compressed RAW / 12-bit recording) |
L | 16.8MB | 2300 | 200 | 153 |
| RAW (compressed RAW / 14-bit recording) |
L | 20.8MB | 1900 | 200 | 103 |
| RAW (uncompressed RAW / 12-bit recording) |
L | 33.2MB | 1700 | 197 | 92 |
| RAW (uncompressed RAW / 14-bit recording) |
L | 43.1MB | 1300 | 102 | 65 |
| TIFF（RGB） | L M S |
62.5MB 35.6MB 16.4MB |
952 1600 3500 |
92 119 126 |
67 87 125 |
| FINE | L M S |
10.5MB 6.4MB 3.4MB |
4300 7100 13300 |
200 200 200 |
200 200 200 |
| NORMAL | L M S |
5.3MB 3.3MB 1.8MB |
8400 13800 25300 |
200 200 200 |
200 200 200 |
| BASIC | L M S |
2.8MB 1.8MB 1.0MB |
16200 26000 45400 |
200 200 200 |
200 200 200 |
Image Format DX (24 × 16)
| Image quality mode | Image size | Per frame file size |
Number of pictures | Continuous shooting number of frames |
|
| XQD card | CF card | ||||
| RAW (Lossless compression RAW / 12-bit recording) |
L M S |
9.1MB 6.7MB 5.2MB |
3800 5100 6500 |
200 200 200 |
200 200 200 |
| RAW (Lossless compression RAW / 14-bit recording) |
L | 11.2MB | 3000 | 200 | 200 |
| RAW (compressed RAW / 12-bit recording) |
L | 8.0MB | 5000 | 200 | 200 |
| RAW (compressed RAW / 14-bit recording) |
L | 9.7MB | 4200 | 200 | 200 |
| RAW (uncompressed RAW / 12-bit recording) |
L | 14.9MB | 3800 | 200 | 200 |
| RAW (uncompressed RAW / 14-bit recording) |
L | 19.1MB | 3000 | 200 | 133 |
| TIFF（RGB） | L M S |
27.4MB 15.9MB 7.6MB |
2100 3600 7200 |
200 200 200 |
107 200 200 |
| FINE | L M S |
5.2MB 3.4MB 2.1MB |
8800 13600 22100 |
200 200 200 |
200 200 200 |
| NORMAL | L M S |
2.7MB 1.8MB 1.1MB |
17100 25 700 40600 |
200 200 200 |
200 200 200 |
| BASIC | L M S |
1.4MB 1.0MB 0.7MB |
31500 46500 67300 |
200 200 200 |
200 200 200 |
Using 64GB memory card –
- Lexar Professional 2933× XQD Card
- Lexar Professional 1066× (UDMA 7) Compact Flash Card