Thanks Audionut
After playing around with things myself and thinking, I worked out a few strategies that seem to be working for me.
First, with my normal CF card I can use silent burst mode and adjust the FPS to capture a mini-timelapse sequence from. Say, 1 FPS (or less) to, say, 30 FPS. I can then import these (mini) DNGs into LR, RAW correct, export to PS-CC and create GIF sequences. This approach is a great half-way house between normal RAW burst, eg about 6 FPS according to your camera, and RAW video, which requires a ‘lot’ of post processing: IMHO. With my 5DIII the buffer gives up at 28 frames.
Second, using timelapse, in the simple silent mode, I am able to capture LV DNGs. Great!
My next ‘education step’ is trying deflickering and using the ACR scripts I have read about on the ML forum. I need to do a bit more reading on the deflicker module etc.
Bottom line: as a still photographer, the burst silent mode and the silent timelapse will allow me to experiment with ‘movement’, without the ‘complexities’ of full RAW video processing; and without 'burning out' my shutter mechanism!
