Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu

qContinuous

Capture a fleeting expression on a portrait subject, photograph a subject that is moving unpredictably, or capture motion in a series of pictures. At setting other than [Single], focus, exposure compensation and white balance for all photos are determined by the first picture in each series.

Continuous

Single

Continuous

Multi-shot 16

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Menus Setup and Playback, Shooting,

rSingle (default setting)

One shot is taken each time shutter-release button is pressed.

qContinuous

While the shutter-release button is pressed, camera takes pictures continu- ously. COOLPIX L5 can take up to 0.7 frames per second at image-mode set- ting of [E Normal (3,072)].

wMulti-shot 16

Each time the shutter-release button is pressed, camera takes 16 shots at about 5 frames per second and arrange them in a single picture (ENormal: 3,072 × 2,304 pixels) as shown at right.

The indicator for the current setting is displayed in the monitor (c 6). When [Single] is selected, no indicator is displayed in the monitor.

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