Choosing a Release Mode

The camera supports the following release modes:

Mode

Description

SCamera takes one photograph each time shutter-release Single frame button is pressed.

 

CL

While shutter-release button is held down, camera records

 

Continuous

 

1–9 frames per second. *

 

low speed

 

 

CH

While shutter-release button is held down, camera records

 

Continuous

up to 9 frames per second (9–11 fps when DX (24×16) is

 

high speed

selected for Image area; see page 78). *

 

 

As for single-frame except that noise is reduced by

 

 

disabling beeps and minimizing sound produced when

 

J

mirror drops back into place. Beep does not sound when

 

camera focuses regardless of setting selected for Custom

 

Quiet

k

Setting d1 (Beep; 0 306) and mirror does not drop back

shutter-

into place until shutter-release button is returned to

 

release

 

halfway position after shooting, allowing you to delay

 

 

 

 

noise made by mirror. Mirror is quieter than in single-frame

 

 

mode.

EUse self-timer for self-portraits or to reduce blurring caused

Self-timer

by camera shake (0 106).

 

Choose this mode to minimize camera shake in telephoto

MUP

or close-up photography or in other situations in which the

Mirror up

slightest camera movement can result in blurred

 

photographs (0 108).

*Average frame rate with continuous-servo AF, manual or shutter-priority auto exposure, a shutter speed of 1/250 s or faster, other settings at default values, and memory remaining in memory buffer. Frame rate can be chosen using Custom Setting d2 (Shooting speed, 0 307).

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Nikon 6MB07411-03 user manual Choosing a Release Mode, 102, Camera supports the following release modes