Shutter lag problem with Nikon D5200?

I have observed that there's a small amount of shutter lag even when it is in auto mode. Also the burst shooting mode has been slow roughly 1-2 fps. The above problem of point 1 may be because of this shutter lag problem which do not allow me to focus smoothly for crisp shot. I'm, using sandisk class 4 memory card. Is this happening because lower class cards and i use handheld more.

I re sized the image quality from large to small in both live view and view finder but, the fps remained same to 1-2 fps. Tried the experiment in automatic and macro mode in both manual and auto focus but the fps remained same. I'm not able to understand what is the problem? [worried]

You posted this question the other day. I thought you had received your answer. Shutter lag is normal.
Much shorter in a dslr but still there's a lag - what do you expect, instant focus and exposure? That won't happen in any camera even a dslr.

Possibly the camera is actually waiting for the lens to focus. Try setting Manual Focus and see if that speeds things up, at the risk of blur because of being out-of-focus.

Try a faster card then, or at least another one. The card could be defective.

At minimum, reformat the card in your camera. This will ensure the proper allocation block size is used, which can affect the speed of the data transfer.

You can also run Chkdsk on your card. This will fix any corruption issues you may have with it. Sometimes this will catch things formatting won't.

http://www.althephoto.com/tips/sdcards.php

One thing to check. When your camera is setup for continuous shutter, it might display a "r" number. The more advanced Nikon DSLRs - the ones with the top LCD screens do this, but I'm not sure if the entry level Nikons do. Anyway, the "r" number tells you how many shots the buffer can hold. For example, if the number is "r9" then you should be able to rip off 9 shots before things start to slow down.

You can also put the camera lens into manual focus. This will rule out anything you are doing causing excessive focusing time. Try this at least as a test.

Finally, make sure you are using the latest firmware.

https://support.nikonusa.com/...tMbA%3D%3D

A new version of the firmware was recently released by Nikon for the D5200 - just a couple of weeks ago that may or may not fix your problem.

A warning though - firmware is not difficult to update, but if not done properly can render your camera broken. So if you are not sure how to do it, get someone knowledgeable, or take the camera to a camera shop and they will probably do it for you.

Have you set the camera to the H setting for continuous shooting?

You say 1-2fps. Have you counted the time it takes for, say, 20 continuous exposures. How good are you at judging fractions of a second?

What shutter speed are you using? If it's too long then you'll never get 3 or 5 fps.

If you want a faster camera, buy a D4.
I have the D5000, and it's a great camera.
You have a upper entry level camera. It can only do so much.
FYI: I only use class 10 cards.

Try a class 10 card.

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