Pentax 8557, 8572, 8587, 8542 Continuous, Camera is ready for taking pictures continuously

Taking a Series of Pictures (Continuous Shooting/Burst Shooting)

Pictures are taken continuously as long as the shutter release button is pressed.

j	Continuous	Each time a picture is taken, the image is saved in the memory
		before the next image is taken. The higher the image quality,
	Shooting	the longer the interval between shots.
c	Burst	The number of recorded pixels is fixed at f/	and the
	Shooting	interval between shots is shorter than “Continuous Shooting”.

*The number of images that can be shot continuously and the interval between shots depend on shooting situations.

1 Press the four-way controller (2) in A mode.

The [Drive Mode] screen appears.

2 Use the four-way controller (45) to select j or c and press the 4 button.

The camera is ready for taking pictures continuously.

3 Press the shutter release button to take a picture.

Pictures are taken continuously as long as you keep the shutter release button pressed.

j/c cannot be selected in some shooting modes. Refer to “Functions Available for Each Shooting Mode” (p.204) for details.

• With j, you can continue shooting until the capacity of the SD Memory Card or built-in memory becomes full.

•The shooting interval of j varies according to the [Recorded Pixels] and [Quality Level] settings.

•The focus, exposure and white balance are locked with the first shot.

•When the Face Detection function is activated (p.99), it works only when taking the first shot.

•The Blink Detection function works only for the last shot.

•The number of recorded pixels is fixed to f or in c mode. When

the shooting mode is set to (Report), the number of recorded pixels is fixed to V.

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