HP 618 manual Shooting Continuous Images

Note: If you set the timer mode to 10-Second Timer or 3-Second Remote for the Continuous image type, you can only take one picture.

Therefore, to capture a Continuous sequence of images, use the shutter release button with no timer mode set (that is, with the timer mode set to its default Off setting).

Note: If Instant Review is on, each image in a Continuous sequence except for the final one is automatically saved to the memory card before the camera captures the next image in the sequence. If Instant Review is off, each image is automatically saved before the next one is captured, and then the final one is saved automatically, as well.

Also note that, unlike Timelapse images, Continuous images are not grouped together but are individual images. Thus, they are saved as individual images on the memory card.

Note: If you are unhappy with any other images within a Continuous sequence (rather than just the final image, which you can only delete during Instant Review), you can delete those images in the Review mode. To do this, see “Deleting Images” on page 32.

Shooting Continuous Images

Press the shutter release button and continue to hold the button down. Then the camera begins to capture the images in the Continuous sequence.

Continuous images are captured until you release the shutter release button, or the memory card becomes full, whichever comes first.

The camera will capture images as fast as it can. The capture rate (that is, the time between pictures) will vary depending on the processing required (for such things as the resolution and image quality settings) before each image is saved to the memory card (see the second Note on the left). The capture rate also depends on whether or not the flash is being charged between shots. If you wish to increase the capture rate of Continuous images, you can turn the live view of Capture mode off by pressing the DISPLAY button on the back of the camera, turn Instant Review off through the Display menu option in the Preferences menu of Capture mode (see “Display Submenu” on page 67), and set the flash mode to Forced Off (see “Setting the Flash Mode” on page 10).

If Instant Review is on (see “Using Instant Review” on page 25). at the end of taking a Continuous sequence of images, the final image of the sequence is displayed in the Instant Review on the image LCD. You can do any of the following during the Instant Review period:

ŠRecord sound that will be attached to the final image of the sequence. For information on how to do this, see “Recording Sound” on page 26.

ŠDelete the final image of the sequence by pressing the middle (Delete) soft key. (All of the other images in the sequence were already saved to the memory card.)

ŠSave the final image of the sequence to the memory card and return to the Capture mode immediately by pressing the right (Exit) soft key. (All of the other images in the sequence were already saved to the memory card.)

ŠDo nothing and, when Instant Review times out (the default time-out is 3 seconds), the final image of the sequence is then saved to the memory card automatically.

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