Nikon P520 Continuous Shooting

Section Reference

Shooting Menu (j, k, l or m Mode)

Continuous Shooting

Rotate the mode dial to j, k, l, mor MMdbutton Mj, k, l, mor Mtab (A10)

MContinuous

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

Option Description

USingle (default One picture is shot each time the shutter-release button is

setting) pressed.

		Pictures are continuously shot while the shutter-release button is
k	Continuous H	pressed all the way. Shooting ends when the shutter-release
		button is released or when the maximum number of continuous
		shooting frames is reached.
		• Continuous H: Up to 7 pictures are continuously shot at a rate
		of about 7 frames per second.
m	Continuous L	• Continuous L: Up to 30 pictures are continuously shot at a
		rate of about 1 frame per second (when image quality is set to
		Normal and image size is set to r4896×3672 ).
		Pre-shooting cache makes it easy to capture perfect moments, by
		saving images from before the shutter-release button was
		pressed all the way. Pre-shooting cache shooting begins when
		the shutter-release button is pressed halfway, and shooting
		continues while the shutter-release button is pressed all the way
	Pre-shooting	(E36).
q		• Frame rate: up to 15 fps
	cache	• Number of frames: up to 20 frames (including up to 5 frames
		captured in the pre-shooting cache)
		Shooting ends when the shutter-release button is released or
		when the maximum number of frames has been shot.
		The image quality is fixed at Normal and the image size is fixed at
		C(2048×1536 pixels).
	Continuous H:	Each time the shutter-release button is pressed all the way,
n		pictures are continuously shot using a high shutter speed.
	120 fps	• Continuous H: 120 fps: 60 frames are captured at a speed of
		about 1/125 seconds or faster.
		The image size is fixed at f(640 × 480 pixels).
j	Continuous H:	• Continuous H: 60 fps: 60 frames are captured at a speed of
	60 fps	about 1/60 seconds or faster.
		The image size to be recorded is fixed at O(1920 × 1080 pixels).
		BSS is recommended for shooting under low lighting without the
		flash, with the camera zoomed in, or in other situations in which

DBSS (Best Shot camera shake is likely to blur pictures. Keep pressing the shutter-

Selector) release button all the way, and up to 10 pictures are shot and the

camera automatically selects and saves only the sharpest picture in the series.

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