Pentax Optio P80 - Page 97

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Taking Pictures
1 Press the four-way controller (2) in A mode.
The [Drive Mode] screen appears.
2 Use the four-way controller (45)
to select j or K and press the
4 button.
The camera is ready to take a series of
pictures.
3 Press the shutter release button halfway.
The focus frame on the display turns green when the camera focuses
on the subject at the correct distance.
4 Press the shutter release button fully.
Pictures are taken continuously as long as you keep the shutter
release button pressed.
• The flash does not discharge in j and K modes.
• j and K cannot be selected in 9 (Green), b (Auto Picture),
A (Night Scene), C (Movie), S (Fireworks), N (Frame Composite),
X (Digital Wide), F (Digital Panorama) or O (Vertical Snap) mode.
• The interval of j (Continuous Shooting) varies according to the
Recorded Pixels and Quality Level settings.
• The focus, exposure and white balance are locked with the first shot.
• When the Face Recognition function is activated (p.72), it works only
when taking the first shot.
• The Blink Detection function works only for the last shot.
Shutter release
button
Four-way controller
4 button
OK
O K
OK
OK
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Continuous Shooting
C o n t i n uou s S h oot i n g
Drive Mode
Continuous Shooting