Changing A(Auto) Mode Settings (Shooting Menu)

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Continuous

A(auto) Md(Shooting menu) MContinuous

Change settings to Continuous or BSS (best shot selector).

USingle (default setting)

One picture is taken each time the shutter-release button is pressed.

VContinuous

While the shutter-release button is held down, up to ten pictures are taken at a rate of about 0.7 frames per second (fps) (when Image mode is set to I4000 × 3000). Shooting ends when the shutter-release button is released, or ten pictures have been taken.

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 images. When BSS is on, camera takes up to ten pictures while the shutter- release button is held down. The sharpest image in the series is automatically selected and saved.

WMulti-shot 16

Each time the shutter-release button is pressed, camera takes 16 shots at a rate of about 30 fps and arranges them in a single image.

•Image mode is fixed at L(image size: 2560 × 1920 pixels).

•Digital zoom is not available.

The icon for the current setting is displayed in the monitor (A6). However, when Single is selected, no icon is displayed.

BNotes on Continuous Shooting

•When Continuous, BSS, or Multi-shot 16 is selected, flash is disabled. Focus, exposure, and white balance are fixed at the values determined with the first image in each series.

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

•There may be functions with which this setting cannot be enabled. See “Camera Settings that Cannot Be Applied Simultaneously” (A49) for more information.

BNote on BSS

BSS is best suited to shooting subjects that are not moving. When shooting moving subjects or when the composition of the picture changes while shooting, the desired results may not be

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