Optimus S3000 User Manual

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Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu (A (Auto) Mode)
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C Continuous
Enable continuous shooting or BSS (best shot selector). The flash is disabled when 
ContinuousBSS or Multi-shot 16 is selected, and focus, exposure and white 
balance are fixed at the values determined with the first picture in each series.
At settings other than Single, the indicator for the current setting is displayed in 
the monitor (
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Notes on Continuous Shooting
• The frame rate with continuous shooting may vary depending upon the current image mode 
setting, the memory card used, or shooting condition.
• There may be functions with which this setting cannot be enabled. See “Camera Settings that 
A 49) for more information.
B
Note on BSS
BSS may not produce the desired results if the subject moves or the composition changes while the 
shutter-release button is held down.
B
Note on Multi-shot 16
Smear (
A 148) visible in the monitor when shooting with Multi-shot 16 enabled will be recorded 
with images. Avoiding bright objects such as the sun, reflections of the sun, and electric lights when 
shooting with Multi-shot 16 enabled is recommended.
A (auto) M d (Shooting menu) M C Continuous
U
Single (default setting)
One picture is taken each time the shutter-release button is pressed.
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Continuous
While the shutter-release button is held down, up to three pictures are taken at a 
rate of about 0.9 frames per second (fps) when Image mode is set to 
4000×3000.
D
BSS (Best Shot Selector)
The “best shot selector” is recommended when shooting with the flash off or the 
camera zoomed in, or in other situations in which inadvertent motion can result in 
blurred pictures. When BSS is on, the camera takes up to ten pictures while the 
shutter-release button is held down. The sharpest picture in the series is 
automatically selected and saved.
W
Multi-shot 16
Each time the shutter-release button is pressed, camera takes 
16 shots at a rate of about 30 fps and arranges them in a 
single image shots.
• Image mode is fixed at L (2560 × 1920).
• Digital zoom is not available.