Shooting Options: Shooting Menu (A(Auto) Mode)

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CContinuous

A(auto) Md(Shooting menu) MCContinuous

Enable continuous shooting or BSS (best shot selector).

The flash is disabled when Continuous, BSS, Multi-shot 16, or Sport continuous is selected, and focus, exposure, and white balance are fixed at the values determined with the first picture in each series.

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 R4320 × 3240). 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 pictures. When BSS is on, 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 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.

dSport continuous

While the shutter-release button is held down, up to 45 pictures are taken continuously at a rate of about 3 fps. Shooting ends when the shutter-release button is released, or 45 pictures have been taken.

• Image mode is fixed at M2048 × 1536.

At settings other than Single, the indicator for the current setting is displayed in the monitor (A6).

BNotes on Continuous Shooting

•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

42Cannot Be Applied Simultaneously” (A49) for more information.