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Choosing a Shooting Mode

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Choosing a Shooting Mode Shooting mode determines how the camera takes photographs: one at a time or continuously while the shutter-release button is held down. Mode Description Single frame Camera takes one photograph each time shutter-release button (default) is pressed. Continuous Camera records photographs at rate of up to about 2.5 frames (burst mode) per second while shutter-release button is pressed. To choose a shooting mode, press the button and rotate the command dial until the desired mode is displayed in the control panel. Tutorial-Choosing a Shooting Mode The Memory Buffer The camera is equipped with a memory buffer for temporary storage, allowing shooting to continue while photographs are being saved to the memory card. When the buffer is full, the shutter is disabled until enough data have been transferred to the memory card to make room for another photograph. In continuous mode, shooting will continue as long as the shutter-release button is held down, although the frame rate will drop once the buffer has filled. The number of images that can be stored in the memory buffer at current settings is shown in the exposure-count displays in the viewfinder and control panel while the shutter-release button is pressed. 21

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Tutorial—Choosing a Shooting Mode
Shooting mode determines how the camera takes photographs: one at a
time or continuously while the shutter-release button is held down.
Mode
Description
Single frame
(default)
Camera takes one photograph each time shutter-release button
is pressed.
Continuous
(burst mode)
Camera records photographs at rate of up to about 2.5 frames
per second while shutter-release button is pressed.
To choose a shooting mode, press the
button
and rotate the command dial until the desired
mode is displayed in the control panel.
Choosing a Shooting Mode
The Memory Buffer
The camera is equipped with a memory buffer for temporary storage, allowing
shooting to continue while photographs are being saved to the memory card.
When the buffer is full, the shutter is disabled until enough data have been trans-
ferred to the memory card to make room for another photograph.
In continuous
mode, shooting will continue as long as the shutter-release button is held down,
although the frame rate will drop once the buffer has filled.
The number of images that can be stored in the
memory buffer at current settings is shown in the
exposure-count displays in the viewfinder and control
panel while the shutter-release button is pressed.