IMPORTANT!

Note that with zoom continuous shutter, you do not need to keep the shutter button depressed.

Digital zoom is disabled while shooting with zoom continuous shutter.

Zoom continuous shutter is not available when the image size setting is 3:2 (3072 × 2048 pixels) or 16:9 (3072 × 1728 pixels).

When the image size setting is 7M (3072 × 2304 pixels) or 5M (2560 × 1920 pixels), the size of the zoomed image produced by zoom continuous shutter is 3M (2048 × 1536 pixels).

When Auto Focus is selected as the focus mode, the metering mode automatically switches to “Spot” (pages 116, 127) and locates the Auto Focus area in the center of the Zoom Continuous Shutter selection boundary.

Continuous Shutter Precautions

Starting a continuous shutter operation causes the exposure and focus settings to be fixed at the levels for the first image. The same settings are applied to all subsequent images.

Continuous shutter cannot be used in combination with any of the following features.

Some BEST SHOT scenes (Business cards and documents, White board, etc., Old Photo, Short Movie, Past Movie, Voice Recording)

Movie mode

When using a continuous shutter mode, keep the camera still until all recording is finished.

A continuous shutter operation may stop part way through if memory capacity runs low.

The continuous shutter rate depends on the current image size and image quality settings.

You can select the flash mode you want with normal-speed continuous shutter mode.

With high-speed continuous shutter, the flash mode automatically becomes “ ” (flash off).

With the flash continuous shutter mode, the flash mode automatically becomes “ ” (flash on).

You cannot use the self-timer in combination with the normal- speed continuous shutter mode.

Triple Self-timer can be used in combination with the zoom continuous shutter mode only.

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SHOOTING A SNAPSHOT