Drive Modes; Continuous Advance - Minolta DiMAGE Xt Instruction Manual

The drive modes control the rate and method images
are captured. Indicators indicating the selected drive
mode appear on the monitor. The drive mode is
selected in the basic section of the recording-mode
menu (p. 38). If auto reset (p. 49) is active, the drive
mode is reset to single-frame advance when the
camera is turned off.
Single-frame advance - to take a single image each time the shutter-
release button is pressed. This is the camera's default setting.
Continuous advance - to take multiple images when the shutter-release
button is pressed and held (p. 41).
Self-timer - to delay the release of the shutter (p. 42). Used for self-
portraits.
40 R -
ECORDING ADVANCED OPERATION

DRIVE MODES

Continuous advance

The continuous-advance drive mode allows a series of images to be captured
while holding down the shutter-release button. The number of images that can
be captured at one time and the rate of capture depend on the image-quality
and image-size setting. With the image-size setting of 2048 X 1536, the
maximum rate of capture is 1.3 fps. If the image quality is set to TIFF (p. 44)
only one frame can be captured at a time. Continuous advance is selected in the basic
section of the recording-mode menu (p. 38).
Compose the picture as described in the basic recording
operation section (p. 25). Press the shutter-release button
partway down to lock the exposure and focus for the series
(1). Press and hold the shutter-release button all the way
down (2) to begin taking pictures. When the shutter-release
button is pressed and held, the camera will begin recording
images until the maximum number has been taken or the
shutter button is released. The built-in flash can be used, but
the rate of capture is reduced because the flash must
recharge between frames. Date imprinting (p. 51) also
reduces the rate of capture. The frame counter is adjusted
after the series has been taken while the images are being
saved.
The chart lists the maximum number of images that can be
captured with different image-quality and image-size
combinations.
Image
Image
2048 X 1536
Size
Quality
Fine 5
Standard 10
Economy
20
1
1600 X 1200 1280 X 960 640 X 480
8 13
16 24
30 43
2
43
68
95
41