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Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu
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Continuous
Enable continuous shooting or BSS (best shot selector). The flash is disabled when
Continuous
,
BSS
or
Multi-shot
1
6
is selected, and focus, exposure and white
balance are fixed at the values determined with the first picture in each series.
At settings other than
Single
, the indicator for the current setting is displayed in
the monitor (
B
Notes on Continuous Shooting
•
The maximum frame rate with continuous shooting may vary depending upon the current image
mode setting, the memory card used, or shooting condition.
•
There may be functions with which this setting cannot be enabled. See “Camera Settings that
Cannot Be Applied Simultaneously” (
110) for more information.
B
Note on BSS
BSS may not produce the desired results if the subject moves or the composition changes while the
shutter-release button is held down.
B
Note on Multi-shot
1
6
Smear (
151) visible in the monitor when shooting with
Multi-shot
1
6
enabled will be recorded
with images. Avoiding bright objects such as the sun, reflections of the sun, and electric lights when
shooting with
Multi-shot
1
6
enabled is recommended.
A
(auto)
M
d
(Shooting menu)
M
C
Continuous
U
Single (default setting)
One picture is taken each time the shutter-release button is pressed.
V
Continuous
While the shutter-release button is held down, up to 4 pictures are taken at a rate of
about 0.9 frames per second (fps) when
Image mode
is set to
I
Normal (
4000
)
.
D
BSS (Best Shot Selector)
The “best shot selector” is recommended when shooting with the flash off or the
camera zoomed in, or in other situations in which inadvertent motion can result in
blurred pictures. When BSS is on, the camera takes up to ten pictures while the
shutter-release button is held down. The sharpest picture in the series is
automatically selected and saved.
W
Multi-shot 16
Each time the shutter-release button is pressed, camera takes
16 shots at about 7.2 fps and arranges them in a single
images.
•
Image mode
is set to
L
Normal (
25
9
2
)
.
•
Digital zoom is not available.