Nikon D3000 Reference Manual

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The camera is equipped with a memory buffer for temporary storage, allowing shooting to 
continue while photographs are being saved to the memory card.

 

Up to 100 photographs 

can be taken in succession; note, however, that frame rate will drop when the buffer is full.

While photographs are being recorded to the memory card, the access lamp next to the 
memory card slot will light.

 

Depending on the number of the images in the buffer, 

recording may take from a few seconds to a few minutes.

 

 

If the camera is 

switched off while data remain in the buffer, the power will not turn off until all images in the 
buffer have been recorded.

 

If the battery is exhausted while images remain in the buffer, the 

shutter release will be disabled and the images transferred to the memory card.

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Continuous release mode (

I) can not be used with the built-in flash; rotate the mode dial to 

j (0 27) or turn the flash off (0 58–59).

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The approximate number of images that can be stored in the 
memory buffer at current settings is shown in the viewfinder 
exposure-count display while the shutter-release button is pressed. The illustration shows 
the display when space remains in the buffer for about 21 pictures.

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The camera orientation recorded for the first shot applies to all images in the same burst, 
even if the camera is rotated during shooting.

 

See “Auto Image Rotation” (

0 128).

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Release mode can also be adjusted using the Release mode option 
in the shooting menu (

0 119).

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For information on using the Fn (

E) button and the command dial to select a release mode, 

see page 134. For information on the number of photographs that can be taken in a single 
burst, see page 177.