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Shooting Mode T
ypes
Continuous Mode (
R
)
Turn the mode dial to
R
to use the various continuous shooting
functions. Continuous mode can be selected from the continuous
mode selection dialog displayed when the MENU button is pressed.
Continuous Modes
Continuous
Mode
This is the normal continuous mode. Pictures continue to be taken
for as long as you hold down the shutter release button. Images are
recorded one at a time, just as in normal shooting. The number of
images that can be shot in continuous mode depends on the image
size setting (
G
P.79).
M-Cont Plus
(10M)
The camera shoots while the shutter-release button is pressed, but
only the last 15 frames (about the last three seconds of shooting) are
recorded to create a single multi-picture (MP) file (
G
P.66).
M-Cont Plus
(2M)
The camera shoots while the shutter-release button is pressed, but
only the last 26 frames (about the last 0.9 seconds of shooting) are
recorded to create a single multi-picture (MP) file (
G
P.67).
Speed Cont
(Low)
While the shutter-release button is pressed, the camera shoots up to
120 frames at about 60 frames per second and groups them together
in a single MP file. About 2 s are required to shoot the entire sequence
(
G
P.67).
Speed Cont
(High)
While the shutter-release button is pressed, the camera shoots up
to 120 frames at about 120 frames per second and groups them
together in a single MP file. About 1 s is required to shoot the entire
sequence (
G
P.67).
MP file ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MP is a file format for recording a set of still images.
Caution ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Recording times may increase when internal memory is used.