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Advanced
Features
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PHOTOGRAPHY MENU
PHOTOGRAPHY MENU
✽
Displaying the menus (
➡
P.43)
✽
Displaying the menus (
➡
P.43)
When setting the Continuous shooting mode
(except for “OFF”), the selected mode appears on
the LCD monitor.
f
: Top 3-frame continuous shooting
k
: Final 3-frame continuous shooting
h
: Long-period continuous shooting
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Notes on using the Continuous shooting modes
◆
h
Shooting continues as long as holding the shutter button down.
h
Number of available frames is limited depending on the available space on the
xD-Picture Card
.
h
For top 3-frame continuous shooting and final 3-frame continuous shooting, the focus is determined
in the first frame and cannot be changed in mid-sequence.
h
The exposure is determined in the first frame, but 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 flash cannot be used as the flash mode is set to “
v
” Suppressed flash.
h
For top 3-frame continuous shooting and final 3-frame continuous shooting, the results are always
displayed after you shoot. Note that pictures taken using Long-period continuous shooting are
recorded without displaying the results.
M
NNN
12
12
12
2
Press shutter
button.
Max. 40 shots
3 frames
Release shutter
button.
1
2
3
This mode allows you to release the shutter up to
40 times (max. 2 frames/sec.) and record the last 3
frames. If you take your finger off the shutter button
before 40 shots have been taken, the camera
records the final 3 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
.
k
Final 3-frame continuous shooting
Available Photography modes: AUTO,
À
,
m
,
,
,
.
,
©
,
s
Shooting continues as long as holding the shutter
button down. This mode shoots up to 3 frames
(max. 2 frames/sec.). When taking the pictures, the
images appear and are recorded.
●
!
In Top/Final 3- frame continuous shooting mode, the
maximum file recording time is 7 seconds.
●
!
Depending on the selected Photography mode, the menu for
continuous shooting may not appear.
STORING
STORING
f
Top 3-frame continuous shooting
Available Photography modes: AUTO,
À
,
m
,
,
,
.
,
©
,
s
●
!
Only 1 frame can be shot when using the Final 3-frame
continuous shooting mode and Self-timer mode together.
OFF
OFF
OFF
OFF
CONT.
CONT.
AUTO
AUTO
1
2
OFF
OFF
:
:
:
:
:
M
0
:
1
Select the Continuous shooting mode in the
Photography mode.
Select the required Continuous shooting mode.
Å
CONTINUOUS SHOOTING
Shooting continues as long as holding the shutter
button down. This mode shoots up to 40 frames.
M
NNN
12
12
12
h
Long-period continuous shooting
Available Photography modes: AUTO,
À
,
m
,
,
,
.
,
©
,
s
◆
Continuous shooting and flash
◆
When a Continuous shooting mode is selected, the flash setting is forcibly set to “
v
” Suppressed flash.
However, with changing the mode back to normal photography, the flash setting returns to the setting
specified before.
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Focusing on a moving subject
◆
If you press the shutter button down halfway to focus on the subject at the starting point
A
, the subject
may no longer be in focus when it reaches point
B
where you want to take the shot.
In such situations, focus on point
B
beforehand and then lock the focus so that it does not shift.
This feature is also useful for photographing fast-moving subjects that are difficult to focus on.
Focus on and the focus is wrong at .
Focus on and lock the focus.
Starting point
Point where you want to take the picture
FAR
NEAR
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!
Only 1 frame can be shot when using the Long-period
continuous shooting mode and Self-timer mode together.