Cont. Shooting

Shoots images continuously while you press and hold down the shutter button.

  1. Select / (Drive Mode) of the control wheel → [Cont. Shooting].
    • You can also set the continuous shooting by selecting MENU (Camera Settings1) → [Drive Mode].
  2. Select the desired mode using the right/left side of the control wheel.

Menu item details

Continuous Shooting: Hi / Continuous Shooting: Mid/ Continuous Shooting: Lo


Shutter Type
Mechanical Shut. Auto/Electronic Shut.
Continuous Shooting: Hi 24 images per second at maximum*
Continuous Shooting: Mid 10 images per second at maximum* 10 images per second at maximum*
Continuous Shooting: Lo 3.5 images per second at maximum 3.5 images per second at maximum

* When the F-value is greater than F8, the focus is locked to the setting in the first shot.

Hint

  • To continuously adjust the focus and exposure during continuous shooting, set as follows:
    • [Focus Mode]: [Continuous AF]
    • [AEL w/ shutter]: [Off] or [Auto]

Note

  • Continuous shooting is unavailable in the following situations:
    • The shooting mode is set to [Sweep Panorama].
    • The shooting mode is set to [Scene Selection] and a scene other than [Sports Action] is selected.
    • [Picture Effect] is set to one of the following: [Soft Focus] [HDR Painting] [Rich-tone Mono.] [Miniature] [Watercolor] [Illustration]
    • [DRO/Auto HDR] is set to [Auto HDR].
    • [ISO] is set to [Multi Frame NR].
    • [Smile Shutter] is being used.
  • When [Shutter Type] is set to [Mechanical Shut.], the continuous shooting speed cannot be set to [Continuous Shooting: Hi].
  • The speed of continuous shooting decreases when you shoot with a flash.