Section Reference

The Shooting Menu (A(Auto) Mode)

Continuous Shooting

Display the shooting screen in A(Auto) mode (A31) Mdbutton MAmenu icon (A6) 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 5 pictures are continuously shot at a rate of about 7.5 frames per second.

mContinuous L • Continuous L: About 31 pictures are continuously shot at a rate of about 1.9 frames per second

(when the image mode is 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

 

Pre-shooting

the shutter-release button is pressed all the way (E36).

q

• Frame rate: up to 12 frames per second

 

cache

• Number of frames: up to 25 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 mode is fixed at q(1600 × 1200 pixels.)

 

 

 

n Continuous H:

Each time the shutter-release button is pressed all the way,

pictures are continuously shot using a high shutter speed.

 

120 fps

• Continuous H: 120 fps:

 

 

 

 

50 frames are captured at a speed of about 1/120 seconds or

 

 

 

 

faster.

 

Continuous H:

The image mode is fixed at O(640 × 480 pixels.)

j

• Continuous H: 60 fps:

60 fps

25 frames are captured at a speed of about 1/60 seconds or

 

 

faster.

 

 

The image mode is fixed at M(1280 × 960 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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