Nikon 4300 manual Taking Pictures in a Sequence Continuous

Taking Pictures in a Sequence: Continuous

Ultra HS

The “Continuous” menu determines whether the camera takes one picture each time the shutter release button is pressed, or records a continuous sequence of pictures while the shutter release button is held down.

	CONTINUOUS
	Single
	Continuous
	Multi-shot 16
	VGA Sequence
	Ultra HS
OFF	SELECT	SET

• Setting of Ultra HS only takes effect when the monitor is on. If the monitor is

turned off, the camera will revert to a setting of Single until the monitor is

turned on.

• At a setting of Ultra HS, the zoom indicator in the monitor moves from S

(start) to E (end) as recording progresses. The exposure-count display shows

the number of seventy-pictures sequences that can be recorded.

• With each sequence of pictures taken at Ultra HS, the camera creates a new

Option	Description
	Camera records one picture each time the shutter release
Single	button is pressed all the way down.
	Camera records pictures at a rate of about four frames
	every three seconds (1.3 fps)* while shutter-release
Continuous	button is held down. Not available at HI image quality.

folder in which all pictures in the sequence are stored. Each folder will have a

name consisting of “N_” followed by a three-digit number assigned

automatically by the camera. Pictures can be played back by selecting the

appropriate folder or All Folders from the playback Folders menu.

• Ultra HS are only available when the monitor is on. If the monitor is off, the

camera will revert to Single until the monitor is turned on.

	Each time the shutter-release button is pressed, the
	camera takes sixteen consecutive “thumbnail” images
	568 x 426 pixels in size and combines them into a
Multi-shot 16	collage measuring 2272 x 1704 pixels. This option is
	available only at a size of 2272 x 1704 and FINE,
	NORMAL, or BASIC image quality.
	Camera takes series of pictures 640 x 480 pixels in size.
	Image quality (p. 81) is set to NORMAL, allowing pictures
VGA Sequence	to be taken at approximately two frames per second while
	shutter release button is held down.
	Camera records up to seventy NORMAL-quality pictures
	320 x 240 pixels in size (QVGA) at a rate of about thirty
	frames per second while shutter-release button is held
Ultra HS	down. Each sequence of pictures is stored in its own
	folder.

*Rate of 1.3 fps is for image size of 2272 x 1704. Shooting will slow when memory buffer fills.

•At settings other than Single, the flash is set to Off (P) and will not fire even when lighting is poor (p. 48).

•At settings other than Single, the focus, exposure and white-balance settings used for the first image apply to all other images in the same series.

100

320320

640640 22722272

1/250 F2F2..88 1616

At settings other than Single, the current Continuous setting is indicated by an icon in the monitor.

101

Menu Guide—The Shooting Menu