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Taking Pictures
Pictures are taken continuously as long as the shutter release button is pressed.
* The number of images that can be shot continuously and the interval between shots 
depend on shooting situations.
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 c and press 
the 4 button.
The camera is ready for taking pictures continuously.
3
Press the shutter release button to take a picture.
Pictures are taken continuously as long as you keep the shutter release button 
pressed.
Taking a Series of Pictures (Continuous 
Shooting/Burst Shooting)
j
Continuous 
Shooting
Each time a picture is taken, the image is saved in the memory 
before the next image is taken. The higher the image quality, 
the longer the interval between shots.
c
Burst 
Shooting
Takes a series of pictures with intervals between shots shorter 
than “Continuous Shooting”.
j/c cannot be selected in some shooting modes. Refer to “Functions 
Available for Each Shooting Mode” (p.172) for details.
•With j, you can continue shooting until the capacity of the SD Memory 
Card or built-in memory becomes full.
• The shooting interval of j 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 Detection function is activated (p.89), it works only when 
taking the first shot.
• The Blink Detection function works only for the last shot.
• The number of recorded pixels is fixed to f or  in c mode. When 
the shooting mode is set to   (Report), the number of recorded pixels is 
fixed to V.