Nikon Digital Camera Reference Manual page 52

Frame the photograph.
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Holding the camera as shown on
page 22, compose the photograph
with your subject in the center of the
frame.
3 Begin buffering photographs.
Press the shutter-release button half-
way to focus (0 23). An icon will be
displayed as the camera begins
recording images to the memory
buffer. The camera continuously
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adjusts focus to account for changes
in the distance to the subject in the AF
area brackets while the shutter-
release button is pressed halfway.
A Buffering
Buffering begins when the shutter-release button is pressed halfway
and ends after about 90 seconds or when the shutter-release button is
pressed all the way down.
Shutter-release
button pressed
halfway to focus
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Shutter-release button
pressed all the way
Buffering
AF area brackets
Shooting ends
down