Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu

Continuous

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

Change settings to Continuous or BSS (best shot selector). Flash will be switched off for Continuous, BSS or Multi-shot 16, and focus, exposure and white balance are fixed at the values for the first picture in each series.

USingle (default setting)

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

VContinuous

While the shutter-release button is held down, up to 6 pictures are taken at a rate of about 1.2 frames per second (fps) when Image mode is set to i Normal (3648).

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, camera takes

16 shots at about 7 frames per second and arranges them in a single picture with Image mode setting set to L Normal (2592).

Digital zoom is not available.

ISO sensitivity (A 115) is fixed at Auto.

XIntvl timer shooting

Camera takes pictures automatically at specified interval (A 114).

At settings other than Single, the indicator for the current setting is displayed in the monitor (A 9).

BNote on Continuous Shooting

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

BNote on Multi-shot 16

If bright objects such as the sun or electric lights are captured during shooting with the Multi-shot 16 option, vertical streaks of light may appear in the recorded images. We recommend that you avoid capturing bright objects during shooting with the Multi-shot 16 option.

BNote on BSS

Shooting, Playback and Setup Menus

BSS may not produce the desired results if the subject moves or the composition changes while the

 

shutter-release button is pressed all the way down.

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