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Advanced
Features
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hLong-period Continuous Shooting with 1280 ×960-pixel mode

This mode allows you to take up to 40 continuous
shots (at intervals as short as 0.6 seconds). In
Long-period Continuous Shooting with 1280 ×960-
pixel mode, the number of recorded pixels is
automatically set to “1” (1280 ×960 pixels).
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Long-period Continuous Shooting with 1280 ×960-pixel
mode cannot be used in the “?, N, M, <” or “>” modes.

◆Focusing on a Moving Subject ◆

If you press the shutter button down halfway to focus on the subject at the starting point A, the subject
may no longer be in focus when it reaches point Bwhere you want to take the shot.
In such situations, use AF lock or manual focusing to focus on point Bbeforehand and then lock the
focus so that it does not shift (lock pin).
The lock pin feature is also useful for photographing fast-moving subjects that are difficult to focus on.
Starting point Point where you want to take the picture
AB
Use lock pin to lock the focus.
BA
Focus on and the focus is wrong at .

FAR NEAR

fTop 5-frame Continuous Shooting

In this mode, you can shoot up to 5 frames at
intervals as short as 0.2 seconds. When you take
the shots, the photographed images are displayed
(in sequence from the left) and automatically
recorded.
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The maximum file recording time is 4.2 seconds (for 5-frame
continuous shooting).

jAuto Bracketing

This mode automatically shoots 3 continuous
frames that bracket the selected setting so that one
image is correctly exposed A, one is overexposed
Band one is underexposed C. The settings
(exposure range) can be changed in the
photography menu.
hAuto Bracketing settings (3)
±1/3 EV, ±2/3 EV, ±1 EV
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If the underexposed or overexposed frame is outside the
camera’s control range, the shot is not taken with the
specified setting increments.
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Auto Bracketing cannot be used in “B” or “?” mode.

kFinal 5-frame Continuous Shooting

Press shutter
button
Max. 25 shots
5 frames
Release shutter
button
This mode allows you to release the shutter up to
25 times (at intervals as short as 0.2 seconds) and
record the last 5 frames. If you take your finger off
the shutter button before 25 shots have been
taken, the camera records the final 5 frames shot
before you released the shutter button.
If there is insufficient space on the media, the
camera records as many of the shots taken just
before the shutter button was released as will fit on
the xD-Picture Card.
Press the “MENU/OK” button to display the menu and
change the setting in the “jBRACKETING” menu
option (➡P.57).

Changing the setting (exposure range)

◆Quality and flash ◆

When a continuous shooting mode is selected, the flash mode is forcibly set to “v” Suppressed Flash. In
a Long-period Continuous Shooting with 1280 ×960-pixel mode, the quality is also forcibly set to “1”.
However, when the mode is changed back to normal photography, the flash setting specified before
continuous shooting was selected is restored. Likewise, when a Long-period Continuous Shooting with
1280 ×960-pixel mode has been used, the quality setting is also restored to its previous value.
fCONTINUOUS SHOOTING
STILLIMAGE MODE