Shooting Options: Shooting Menu (A (Auto) Mode)

Continuous

A(auto) M F(Shooting menu) M Continuous

Enable continuous shooting or BSS (best shot selector). The flash is disabled when Continuous, BSS or Multi-shot 16 is selected, and focus, exposure and white

balance are fixed at the values determined with the first picture in each series.

USingle (default setting)

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

VContinuous

While the shutter-release button is held down, up to three pictures are taken at a rate of about 0.9 frames per second (at an Image mode setting of I4000×3000).

DBSS (Best Shot Selector)

The “best shot selector” is recommended when shooting with the flash off or the camera zoomed in, or in other situations in which inadvertent motion can result in blurred pictures. When BSS is on, the camera takes up to ten pictures while the shutter-release button is held down. The sharpest picture in the series is automatically selected and saved.

WMulti-shot 16

Each time the shutter-release button is pressed, the camera takes 16 shots at a rate of about 30 fps and arranges them in a

single image.

Image mode is fixed at L(image size: 2560 × 1920 pixels). Digital zoom is not available.

At settings other than Single, the indicator for the current setting is displayed in the monitor (A 11).

BNotes on Continuous Shooting

•The frame rate with continuous shooting may vary depending upon the current image mode setting, the memory card used, or shooting condition.

•There may be functions with which this setting cannot be enabled. See “Camera Settings that Cannot Be Applied Simultaneously” (A 58) for more information.

BNote on BSS

BSS is effective when taking pictures of still subjects. BSS may not produce the desired results if the subject moves or the composition changes while the shutter-release button is held down.

BNote on Multi-shot 16

More on Shooting

Smear (A 159) visible in the monitor when shooting with Multi-shot 16 enabled will be recorded

 

with images. Avoiding bright objects such as the sun, reflections of the sun, and electric lights when

 

shooting with Multi-shot 16 enabled is recommended.

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Nikon COOLPIXS4000PLUM, COOLPIXS4000MDKIT Aauto M FShooting menu M Continuous, BSS Best Shot Selector, Multi-shot
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COOLPIXS4000PLUM, COOLPIXS4000CS, COOLPIXS4000MDKIT, coolpix, s4000 specifications

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