ZOOM RS Sequential Image Cache) when you think the criti- cal moment you want to capture is near. Five sequential im- ages are then cached in the on-board 9 Mb buffer, and are rolled over as long as the shutter button remains halfway depressed.

In the pre-capture mode, the sixth image overwrites the num- ber one image, number seven overwrites the number two pre-captured image and so-on until the shutter button is ei- ther depressed fully, moving the camera into the sequential “capture” mode or the shutter button is released stopping the

pre-capture and capture altogether. This guarantees that you will not suffer from missed opportunities due to shutter lag and allows you to capture the precise moment you need.

Walter Urie comments, “going back to the motorcycle races I shoot with the CAMEDIA E-100 ZOOM RS, I wanted to catch the riders, which were going very, very fast at an exact spot on the curve using a panning technique. I was following the ac- tion and as the riders entered the designated area, I started to depress the shutter button halfway down. Out of 100 pans, I was able to capture accurately and with precision 95 pans.”

CAMEDIA E-100 ZOOM RS Sequential Image Cache

 

Shutter

Shutter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shutter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shutter

 

Button

Button 1/2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Button Fully

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Button

 

Released

Depressed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depressed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Released

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Auto focus

After shutter button is 1/2 depressed, pre-capture

 

After shutter button is fully depressed,

 

Auto focus

 

actived

operation starts, records data in the memory buffer

 

image data stored into buffer until the

 

actived

 

 

 

and overwrites the oldest images

 

 

 

 

 

 

buffer is full.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data is read

 

 

 

 

P1

 

P1

 

P1

 

P1

 

P1

 

P6

 

 

P6

 

P6

 

P6

 

P6

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

from buffer and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

recorded on

 

 

 

 

 

 

P2

 

P2

 

P2

 

P2

 

P2

 

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Memory Card

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P3

P3

P3

P3

P3

2

2

2

2

P4

P4

P4

P4

P4

3

3

3

P5

P5

P5

P5

P5

4

4

Pre-capture Mode

Capture Mode

Total memory allocation Image captured instantaneously

Images cached

5

Page 7
Image 7
2Wire E-100 ZOOM RSOl manual Pre-capture Mode Capture Mode