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Advanced
Features
3
1
Set the Mode dial to Photography mode.
2
1
Hold down the “
f
” button.
2
Press “
d
” or “
c
” to select the Continuous
shooting mode.
3
Release the “
f
” button to confirm your selection.
3
When setting the Continuous shooting mode
(except for “OFF”), the selected mode appears on
the LCD monitor.
f
: Top 4-frame continuous shooting
j
: Auto bracketing
k
: Final 4-frame continuous shooting
h
: Long-period continuous shooting
500
F
5.6
66
N
N
ISO
400
ISO
400
ISO
400
0
1
0
3
0
2
O F F
O F F
500
F
5.6
66
N
N
ISO
400
ISO
400
ISO
400
f
CONTINUOUS SHOOTING
PHOTOGRAPHY FUNCTIONS
◆
Notes on using the Continuous shooting modes
◆
h
Shooting continues as long as holding the shutter button down. In auto bracketing mode however,
just press the shutter button once to shoot 3 frames.
h
If there is limited space on the
xD-Picture Card
, as many frames as can be recorded on the
available space are shot. When auto bracketing, if there is insufficient space on the
xD-Picture Card
to record 3 frames, no pictures are taken.
h
The focus is determined in the first frame and cannot be changed in mid-sequence (excluding Long-
period continuous shooting).
h
The exposure is determined in the first frame, however, in Long-period continuous shooting the
exposure is adjusted for the scene being shot.
h
The speed of continuous shooting varies depending on the shutter speed.
h
The speed of continuous shooting does not change with the quality setting.
h
The flash cannot be used as the flash mode is set to Suppressed flash.
h
For top 4-frame continuous shooting, final 4-frame continuous shooting and pictures taken using auto
bracketing, the results are always displayed after you shoot.
Press shutter
button
Max. 40 shots
4 frames
1
2
3
4
Release shutter
button
This mode allows you to release the shutter up to
40 times (max. 1.5 frames/sec.) and record the last
4 frames. If you take your finger off the shutter
button before 40 shots have been taken, the
camera records the final 4 frames shot before you
released the shutter button.
If there is insufficient space on the
xD-Picture
Card
, the camera records as many of the shots
taken just before the shutter button was released
as will fit on the
xD-Picture Card
.
●
!
Final 4-frame continuous shooting cannot be used in the “
r
”
Movie mode.
●
!
Only 1 frame can be shot when using the Final 4-frame
continuous shooting mode and Self-timer mode together.
k
Final 4-frame continuous shooting
Available Photography modes:
B
,
À
,
U
,
.
,
/
,
N
,
M
,
<
,
>
Press the “MENU/OK” button to display the menu
and change the setting in the “
Á
” BRACKETING
menu option (
➡
P.65).
Changing the setting (exposure range)
BRACKETING
BRACKETING
1
2
EV
EV
:
:
EV
EV
EV
EV
EV
EV
1
0
1 3
/
1 3
/
2 3
/
This mode shoots the same image with different
exposure settings. Bracketing shoots 3 continuous
frames, each with a different exposure setting.
A
is correctly exposed,
B
is overexposed and
C
is underexposed.
The settings (exposure range) can be changed in
the photography menu.
h
Auto bracketing settings (3)
±1/3 EV, ±2/3 EV, ±1 EV
●
!
If the underexposed or overexposed frame is outside the
camera’s control range, the picture is not taken with the
specified setting increments.
●
!
Auto bracketing cannot be used in “
B
”, “
À
”, “
U
”, “
.
”,
“
/
” or “
r
” mode.
STORING
STORING
A
B
C
j
Auto bracketing
Available Photography modes:
N
,
M
,
<
,
>
This mode shoots up to 4 frames (max. 1.5
frames/sec.). When taking the pictures, the images
appear and are recorded.
●
!
Top 4-frame continuous shooting cannot be used in the “
r
”
Movie mode.
●
!
The maximum file recording time using the continuous
shooting is 14 seconds when recording in
xD-Picture Card
.
STORING
STORING
f
Top 4-frame continuous shooting
Available Photography modes:
B
,
À
,
U
,
.
,
/
,
N
,
M
,
<
,
>
