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grow.  Take the 2-minute tour ×  Most cameras have very little
buffer, which means when you burst you can usually only shoot
5-10 photos before running out and then you would have to wait
for it to write to the card before you can burst again. Why is
this? Is buffer in camera built with a different technology than
computer RAM? Computer RAM is so cheap nowadays why can't they
put more of it in cameras?  share|improve this question Agree,
but camera manufacturers try to save money. If most users do not
need a feature they would prefer to shave of the few dollars
extra cost. Also the buffer has to keep the RAW images so 10
Images could easily be half a gig on modern cameras. I also
suspect that they use on chip memory –  Joop Jul 29 '13 at 1:58
RAM is cheap in the size factor used by PCs. RAM in the size
factor used inside a DSLR is more expensive. –  Michael Clark
Jul 29 '13 at 2:16 @erots