Continuous Advance - Minolta DiMAGE Xt Instruction Manual

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
Size
Quality
Fine
Standard
Economy
2048 X 1536 1600 X 1200
5
10
20
1280 X 960
8 13
16 24
30 43
1 2
640 X 480
43
68
95
41