Shooting - Letting the Camera Select Settings 55Continuous ModeUse this mode to shoot successive frames while the shutter button is pressed fully.1 Press the button.• Press the button several times to displaythe icon in the display panel. The icon willalso appear in the LCD monitor if it is on.• You can cancel the continuous mode bypressing the button until the icondisappears.2 In the [ (Rec.)] menu, select [Cont.Shooting].• See Selecting Menus and Settings (p. 35).3 Select or and press thebutton.4 Press the shutter button halfway tolock the focus.5 Press the shutter button all the way toshoot.• Shooting will cease when the shutter button isreleased.• The shoot speed is approximately 1.5 frames /second* in mode and 2.5 frames/second*in mode.* Large/Fine, LCD monitor off mode. (These figuresreflect standard Canon testing conditions. The actualfigures will vary according to the shooting conditionsand settings.)Use this mode to view the images as you shoot continuously. The shutter interval is longer in this modethan the mode.Use this mode to shoot continuously with a short shutter interval. The camera’s internal memory willbecome full faster in this mode than the mode when many frames are shot or when high imagequality settings are selected.