41
Taking Photographs—Choosing a Shooting Mode
Choosing a Shooting Mode
Single Frame, Continuous, or Self-Timer
Your choice of shooting mode determines how the camera takes photographs:
one at a time, in a continuous sequence, or with a delay after the shutter-
release button is pressed.
To choose a shooting mode, press the shooting
mode dial lock button and turn the shooting mode
dial to the desired setting. The following modes
are available:
Mode
Description
Single frame
The camera takes one photograph each time the shutter release
button is pressed all the way down.
Continuous
Camera records photographs at a rate of about three frames per
second
*
while the shutter-release button is held down. Up to six
frames (four frames in RAW mode) can be recorded before tempo-
rary memory buffer (
42) fills. When noise reduction (
149) is
on, memory buffer holds up to three photographs (two photographs
in RAW mode). Additional photographs can be taken as soon as
enough memory is available in buffer. This setting can be used to
capture a fleeting expression on a portrait subject, or to photograph
a subject that is moving unpredictably.
Self-timer
Use the self-timer to reduce blurring caused by camera shake or to
appear in photographs you take yourself (
108).
* Average obtained at 20
°
C (68
°
F) with manual focus, manual exposure, a shutter
speed of
1
/
250
s or faster, and memory remaining in the buffer.
Buffer Size
During shooting, or while the shutter-release button is
pressed halfway, the number of images that can be stored
in the memory buffer at current settings is shown in the
exposure-count displays in the control panel and
viewfinder.
