Continuous

Use the options in this menu to capture a fleeting expression on a portrait subject, photograph a subject that is moving unpredictably, or capture motion in a series of pictures.

Continuous

CONTINUOUS

1/2

Single

Continuous H

Continuous L

Multi-shot 16

Ultra HS

5 shot buffer

The Shooting Menu

Option

 

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

Camera takes one picture each time shutter-release button

Single

is pressed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

While shutter-release button is pressed, camera records up to

Continuous H1, 2

5 pictures at up to 2.3 fps. Monitor and electronic viewfinder

turn off during shooting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Camera shoots up to 1.2 fps while shutter-release button is

 

 

 

pressed. Number of pictures that can be recorded before

Continuous L2, 3

icon is displayed and shooting is suspended varies with image

 

 

 

mode; up to 11 FINE/

pictures can be recorded (

 

89).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Each time shutter-release button is

 

 

 

 

 

 

pressed, camera takes

16

consecu-

 

 

 

 

 

 

tive pictures 816 × 612 pixels in size at

 

 

 

Multi-shot 162, 3

about 1.6 fps and arranges them in 4

 

 

 

rows to form a single picture measuring

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,264 × 2,448 pixels. Image size auto-

 

 

 

 

 

 

matically set to .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

While shutter-release button is pressed, camera records up to

 

 

 

100 pictures at rate of up to 30 fps. Image quality is automati-

 

 

 

cally set to NORMAL and image size to

(640 × 480). With

Ultra HS4

each sequence, camera creates new folder in which all photos

in sequence are stored. Folder name consists of “N_” fol-

 

 

 

 

 

 

lowed by three-digit sequence number assigned automatically

 

 

 

by camera. Exposure count is shown in shooting display.

 

 

 

Camera shoots at up to 0.7 fps while shutter-release button is

 

 

 

5 shot buffer2, 3

pressed, but only last five shots are saved to memory card.

 

 

 

Camera takes pictures automatically at specified interval. See

Intvl timer shooting3

“Interval Timer Photography” (

 

90).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 HI image quality reset to EXTRA.

2 Built-in Speedlight turns off.

3 RAW and HI image quality reset to EXTRA.

4 Built-in and optional Speedlights turn off.

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