Nikon D300s - Manual (Page 112)

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Choosing a Release Mode
The camera supports the following release modes:
Mode Description
S
Single frame
Camera takes one photograph each time shutter-release
button is pressed.
C L
Continuous
low speed
While shutter-release button is held down, camera records
1–7 frames per second.
1 Frame rate can be chosen using
Custom Setting d5 (
CL mode shooting speed, 0 276).
C
H
Continuous
high speed
While shutter-release button is held down, camera records
up to 7 frames per second.
2
J
Quiet
shutter-
release
As for single-frame except that beep does not sound when
camera focuses regardless of setting selected for Custom
Setting d1 (
Beep; 0 275) and noise made by camera after
shooting (from moment following shutter release to point
finger is removed from shutter-release button, when mirror
is lowered) is kept to minimum, making this mode less
noisy than single-frame.
E
Self-timer
Use self-timer for self-portraits or to reduce blurring caused
by camera shake (
0 91).
M
UP
Mirror up
Choose this mode to minimize camera shake in telephoto
or close-up photography or in other situations in which the
slightest camera movement can result in blurred
photographs (
0 93).
1 Average frame rate with an EN-EL3e battery, continuous-servo AF, manual
or shutter-priority auto exposure, a shutter speed of 1 /
250
s or faster,
remaining settings other than Custom Setting d5 at default values, and
memory remaining in memory buffer.
2 Average frame rate with an EN-EL3e battery, continuous-servo AF, manual
or shutter-priority auto exposure, a shutter speed of 1 /
250
s or faster, other
settings at default values, and memory remaining in memory buffer.