Nikon 900 - Manual (Page 44)

- 44 - Advanced Settings (M-REC): Continuous (Digital Motor Drive)
Continuous (Digital Motor Drive)
Like a conventional motor-drive camera, the COOLPIX 900
can be set to shoot frames continuously while the shutter
button is held down.
The COOLPIX 900 offers a choice of three drive settings in M-
REC mode: single frame, continuous, and VGA sequence. In
single-frame mode, one photograph is taken each time the
shutter-release button is fully pressed. In continuous mode,
photographs will be taken one after another as long as the
shutter-release button is held down. Speed depends on the
image-quality setting and the type of flash memory used. At a
drive setting of “VGA sequence,” photographs are recorded
at a resolution of 640
×
480 (VGA resolution) instead of the
camera’s usual 1,280
×
960, and the image quality is set to
“Normal.” This reduces the amount of memory consumed by
each photograph in the sequence, allowing more photographs
to be recorded more rapidly. Up to ten photographs will be
taken at approximately two frames per second each time the
shutter button is pressed.
To change the drive setting, highlight CONTINUOUS in the
shooting menu and press the shutter button. The following
menu will appear.
I S NG L E
O C N T I N U OU S
G V A E S Q U E N C E
B K CON T . MOD E
S E T ➔ S H U T T E R
Highlight the desired drive setting and press the shutter button
(note that CONTINUOUS is not available when the camera
is in VGA mode). The chosen setting will be shown as an icon
in the shooting menu. When the drive setting is CONTINU-
OUS and the selector dial is set to M-REC, a
icon will
appear in the control panel.
At a setting of VGA SEQUENCE, the icon will appear in
the control panel together with the image-quality indicator
NORMAL, which will blink to show that the camera is in VGA
mode. The color LCD monitor, if on and set to display camera
settings, will show VGA and NORMAL indicators.
At drive settings of CONTINUOUS and VGA SEQUENCE,
the flash will be set to “Flash Cancel” when the camera is in
M-REC mode. Drive settings have no effect in A-REC mode.
To exit the drive-setting menu without changing the current
drive setting, highlight BK and press the shutter button to
return to the shooting menu, or press the MENU button to
restore the view through the lens.