Section Reference

The Shooting Menu (A(Auto) Mode)

Continuous Shooting

Display the shooting screen in A(Auto) mode (A51) Mdbutton MAtab (A11)

MContinuous

Change the settings for continuous shooting and BSS (Best Shot Selector).

Option

Description

Single (default

One picture is shot each time the shutter-release button is pressed.

U setting)

 

While the shutter-release button is pressed all the way, images are

 

captured continuously at a rate of about 7.1 frames per second

kContinuous H (when the image mode is Q4608×3456). Shooting ends when the shutter-release button is released, or three pictures have been taken continuously.

While the shutter-release button is pressed all the way, about

mContinuous L 12 pictures are captured continuously at a rate of about 1.4 frames per second (when the image mode is Q4608×3456).

 

BSS is recommended for shooting under low lighting without the

BSS (Best Shot

flash, with the camera at telephoto zoom position, or in other

situations in which camera shake is likely to blur pictures.

D Selector)

The camera takes up to ten images while the shutter-release button

 

is pressed all the way. The sharpest image (image with the most

 

details) in the series is automatically selected and saved.

Each time the shutter-release button is pressed all the way, the camera shoots 16 pictures at a rate of about 30 frames per second and arranges

WMulti-shot 16 them in a single picture.

•The image mode is fixed at L(2560 × 1920 pixels).

•The digital zoom is not available.

The icon for the current setting other than Single is displayed on the monitor (A6).

BNotes on Continuous Shooting

•Focus, exposure and white balance are fixed at the values for the first picture in each series.

•The frame rate may become slower depending on the image mode, memory card type or shooting conditions.

•This feature may not be used in combination with certain features. See “Features That Cannot Be Used Simultaneously” (A63) for more information.

BNote on Best Shot Selector

BSS is suited for shooting stationary subjects. BSS may not produce the desired results if the subject moves or the composition changes.

BNote on Multi-shot 16

Banding or variance in brightness or hue may occur in images that were captured under lighting that flickers at high speeds, such as fluorescent, mercury-vapor, or sodium-vapor lighting.

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