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Are you sure it happens in continuous drive mode? I've tested it thoroughly, the camera doesn't "process" (take a long exposure nose reduction dark) when in continuous drive mode. I tested it in manual and shutter priority modes. Have you tried the timelapse app? You might have to investigate wired intervalometers. But you will get a LENR after each exposure... no matter what.

I bought a wired remote from ebay for a fiver which locks for continuous shooting. Just make sure the camera is in continuous mode and it won't take a noise reduction image.

Oh and also, if you're using a wide enough lens then the gap between exposures on continuous shooting mode probably won't really be noticeable in the star trail.

Hi all, Just registered to say this. The long exposure noise reduction is easily avoided by using continuous shooting mode, which works up to the maximum 30 second exposure. It even works for just one exposure. Obviously this work around doesn't work in bulb mode. So the only thing this limitation will really affect is star trails, if that's your thing. But for stacked exposures there's no reason to not use the a5100.