NOTE

•The indicator “1sec” appears on the monitor screen

between Triple Self-timer shots. How long it takes for the camera to get ready to shoot again after it shoots an image depends on the image size and quality settings, whether or not a memory card is loaded in the camera, and the flash charge condition.

•No self-timer operation can be performed when recording with the any of the following settings.

–Normal-speed continuous shutter mode or high-speed continuous shutter mode

–“Layout” or “Auto Framing” BEST SHOT sample scene selected

–“ Tracking” selected as the Auto Focus area (page 131)

•The Triple Self-timer cannot be used when performing the following recording operations.

–Recording with Flash Continuous Shutter

–Recording with certain BEST SHOT scenes (Business Cards and Documents, Whiteboard, etc., Old Photo, ID Photo)

–Movie mode, MOVIE BEST SHOT mode

Using Continuous Shutter

Your camera has four continuous shutter modes.

Continuous

Description

Shutter Mode

 

 

 

Normal Speed

 

 

 

 

(Normal-speed

Continually records images until memory

Continuous

becomes full.

Shutter)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

High Speed

Continuously records at approximately

(High-speed

three images per second. Images can be

Continuous

recorded until memory is full. Image size

Shutter)

is fixed at 3M (2048 × 1536 pixels).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flash Cont.

Use this mode to record up to three

(Flash Continuous

consecutive images, firing the flash for

Shutter)

each one.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zoom Cont.

In this mode, you select an area on the

 

Z

(Zoom Continuous

monitor screen with a selection

Shutter)

boundary. Then when you press the

 

 

 

shutter button, the camera records the

 

 

 

monitor screen image and the area

 

 

 

enclosed in the selection boundary,

 

 

 

digitally zoomed to twice its normal size.

 

 

 

 

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