Continuous Shooting (Fuji Finepix)

On Mon, 4 Aug 2008 11:22:32 -0700 (PDT), MIG
wrote:

I have broken my Fuji Finepix A570 and can't afford to splash out much
to replace it.

My problem is that when looking up the specs, I can't find any
information on the most stunningly useful feature*, which is the
continuous shooting mode.

I had a look at the Olympus X840, which I thought was similar spec but
more up to date, but it doesn't seem to have continuous shooting.

Maybe it's standard for Fuji Finepix and I am looking dripping out on
a reconditioned one, but this detail doesn't seem to be in the spec.

Is anyone familiar with which models at that end of the Fuji range
have continuous shooting?

Thanks.


*Essential when you are trying to get your shot through a gap in
traffic or when the flag stops blowing in front of the speaker at a
rally etc etc. The response time is horribly slow with a cheap
digital, so continuous shooting is the only hope, and then delete all
but one shot.

According to:
http://www.jessops.com/Products/Prod...px?SkuId=73693

the Olympus X840 has "burst mode". That is continuous shooting in the
sense that it will continue to take images as long as you hold down
the shutter release. Not truly continuous, but I think this is what
you had on the Fuji.

Here's some more information on continuous/burst mode shooting.
http://www.digicamhelp.com/camera-fe...burst-mode.php

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Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida

On Tue, 5 Aug 2008 04:20:05 -0700 (PDT), MIG wrote:

On 4 Aug, 22:02, tony cooper wrote:
On Mon, 4 Aug 2008 11:22:32 -0700 (PDT), MIG





wrote:
I have broken my Fuji Finepix A570 and can't afford to splash out much
to replace it.

My problem is that when looking up the specs, I can't find any
information on the most stunningly useful feature*, which is the
continuous shooting mode.

I had a look at the Olympus X840, which I thought was similar spec but
more up to date, but it doesn't seem to have continuous shooting.

Maybe it's standard for Fuji Finepix and I am looking dripping out on
a reconditioned one, but this detail doesn't seem to be in the spec.

Is anyone familiar with which models at that end of the Fuji range
have continuous shooting?

Thanks.

*Essential when you are trying to get your shot through a gap in
traffic or when the flag stops blowing in front of the speaker at a
rally etc etc. *The response time is horribly slow with a cheap
digital, so continuous shooting is the only hope, and then delete all
but one shot.

According to:http://www.jessops.com/Products/Prod...px?SkuId=73693

the Olympus X840 has "burst mode". *That is continuous shooting in the
sense that it will continue to take images as long as you hold down
the shutter release. *Not truly continuous, but I think this is what
you had on the Fuji.

Here's some more information on continuous/burst mode shooting.http://www.digicamhelp.com/camera-fe...burst-mode.php


When I tried out an Olympus X840 (because it was what I was thinking
of getting), I couldn't make it do burst mode. I held down the
shutter for a long time, but only one frame was stored. I tried it
in various combinations and found that it would only take one shot per
shutter press, had a very slow response time and a long delay before
it would save a second picture. I decided it wasn't for me.

After what you said, I noticed that on the Web it appears in the spec
(eg on the Jessops site) as having burst mode, so I thought I must be
going mad and downloaded both the basic and advanced manuals from the
Olympus site.

There is no mention of burst mode anywhere in either the basic manual
or the advanced manual.

I must be missing something ...

My Sony W300 has a burst mode, you select it in the recording menu,
just tried it out, works well shot over twenty continuous shots, tends to
slow down as you progress, though.