CONTINUOUS ADVANCE
Continuous-advance mode allows a series of images to be captured while holding down the shutter- release button. Continuous advance acts like a motor drive on a film camera. The number of images that can be captured at one time depends on the image-quality and image-size setting. The maxi- mum rate of capture is 2 fps with full-size images with manual focus in manual-exposure mode. The continuous-advance mode is set with the function dial (p. 48).
When the shutter-release button is pressed and held, the camera will begin recording images until the maximum number has been taken or the shutter button is released. The built-in flash can be used, but the rate of capture is reduced because the flash must recharge between frames. The fol- lowing chart lists the maximum number of images that can be captured with different image-quality and image-size combinations.
| Size | 2560 X 1920 | 1600 X 1200 1280 X 960 640 X 480 |
| Quality |
| | |
RAW | 5 | – | – | – | |
Super fine | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Extra fine | 7 | 12 | 15 | 33 |
Fine | 10 | 19 | 27 | 61 | |
Standard | 17 | 29 | 42 | 84 | |
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Compose the picture as described in the basic recording section (p. 27). Press the shutter-release button partway down (1) to lock the exposure and focus for the series; if the autofocus mode is set to continuous AF, the lens will continually focus during the series (p. 83). Press and hold the shutter-release button all the way down (2) to begin taking pictures.
