Shooting with a High-Speed Burst (Sport Continuous Mode)

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Sport continuous mode allows the split-second movements of high-speed moving subjects to be captured through continuous shooting.

The image size is fixed to B1600×1200 or A1280×960 (A64).

The ISO sensitivity is set automatically within the range of ISO 160 to 3200.

The focus, exposure, and white balance settings are fixed at the values for the first picture in each series.

1 Rotate the mode dial to d(sport continuous).

The camera enters sport continuous

mode.

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Shooting

2 Press the dbutton and confirm or change the continuous shooting setting.

See “Sport Continuous Menu” (A64) for more information.

Switch to the dtab when the sport continuous menu is not displayed (A13).

Sport continuous

High-speed mode

Pre-shooting cache

Image quality

Once the configuration is complete, press the d

button to return to the shooting screen. Pressing the shutter-release button also returns to the shooting screen.

3 Frame the subject and shoot.

The camera focuses on the subject in the center of the frame. Pressing the shutter-release button halfway sets the focus and exposure.

When High-speed mode is set, press the shutter-

 

 

 

 

 

release button fully to shoot continuously a number of

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frames that is appropriate for the setting. You do not

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

need to hold down the shutter-release button.

 

 

 

 

 

When Pre-shooting cache is set, press the shutter-release button fully and hold it down to shoot frames continuously (up to 25 frames).

When shooting is finished, monitor display reverts to shooting mode. If the Oicon is displayed, do not turn off the camera.

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