96Menu Guide—The Shooting MenuTaking a Sequence of Shots: ContinuousThe options in the “continuous” menu determinewhether the camera takes one picture each timethe shutter-release button is pressed or records acontinuous sequence of pictures while the shut-ter-release button is held down. A movie optionis available for making short videos with sound.*Rate of 1.5 fps is for image size of 2272 ××××× 1704. Shooting will slow whenmemory buffer fills.DescriptionOptionCamera records one picture each time shutter-release but-ton is pressed.SingleCamera records pictures at a rate of about three frames ev-ery two seconds (1.5 fps)* while shutter-release button is helddown. Not available at HI image quality.ContinuousEach time the shutter-release button is pressed, the cameratakes sixteen consecutive “thumbnail” images 568 × 426 pix-els in size and combines them into a collage measuring2272 × 1704 pixels. This option is available only at a size of2272 ××××× 1704 and FINE, NORMAL, or BASIC image quality.Multi-Shot16Camera records up to seventy NORMAL-quality pictures320 × 240 pixels in size (QVGA) at a rate of about thirty framesper second while shutter-release button is held down. Eachsequence of pictures is stored in its own folder.Ultra HSCamera records QVGA (320 × 240 pixel) movie, with soundrecorded via built-in microphone. Recording starts at rate ofabout 15 fps when shutter-release button is pressed, endsafter 35 s or when shutter-release button is pressed again.MovieFocus, Exposure, and White BalanceAt settings other than Single and Movie, focus, exposure, and white balanceare determined by the first picture in each series.
