How to set High-Speed Continuous Shooting (High-speed Burst) and Group Playback (PowerShot SX230 HS / SX220 HS)

How to set High-Speed Continuous Shooting (High-speed Burst)

You can shoot continuously at a maximum speed of approximately 8.1 images/second while the ⋖shutter button⋗ is pressed fully and held.

Caution

Recording pixels are fixed to 1984 x 1488 pixels ().

Focus, exposure and white balance settings are set with the first shot.

Depending on the shooting conditions, camera settings and the zoom position, the shooting speed may slow down.

As the number of images increases, the shooting interval may take longer.

[ISO speed] is set to [AUTO] ().

The main functions that are not available in the [High-speed Burst] () mode are as follows:

- [Flash] (), [Date Stamp], [Self-Timer] ()

For unavailable functions other than the ones indicated above, see the [Camera User Guide] supplied with the product.

1. Press the ⋖Power⋗ button and Set the ⋖Mode Dial⋗ to ().

2. Press the ⋖FUNC./SET⋗ () button.

3. The following screen appears on the LCD monitor.

Operate the ⋖directional buttons⋗ up or down to select [Rec. Mode] (If no changes have been made so far, [Smart Shutter] () will be displayed).

Press the ⋖FUNC./SET⋗ () button.

4. The following screen appears on the LCD monitor.

Operate the ⋖directional buttons⋗ up or down to select [High-speed Burst] ().

Press the ⋖FUNC./SET⋗ () button.

5. The following screen appears on the LCD monitor.

If the [High-speed Burst] () icon is displayed on the upper-right part of the screen, the setting is completed.

As long as you hold the ⋖shutter button⋗ down, the camera will shoot successive images.

Viewing Each Image in a Group (Group playback)

When playing back images, images taken in [High-speed Burst]() mode are displayed in a group with only the first image displayed, however, grouped images can also be viewed individually.

Caution

Caution

To view images taken in [High-speed Burst] () mode as a group, press ⋖MENU⋗ (), and then select [On] for [Group Images] in the [Playback Menu] () tab. (By default, [On] is selected.)

1. Press the ⋖Playback⋗ () button.

2. The last captured image will appear.

Operate the ⋖directional buttons⋗ left or right to choose an image that displays ().

3. The following screen appears.

Press the ⋖FUNC./SET⋗ () button.

4. The following screen appears.

Operate the ⋖directional buttons⋗ up or dawn to choose (), then Press the ⋖FUNC./SET⋗ () button again.

5. The following screen appears.

If you Operate the ⋖directional buttons⋗ left or right, only the images in the group will be displayed.

After pressing the ⋖FUNC./SET⋗ () button, Operate the ⋖directional buttons⋗ up or dawn to choose (), then press the ⋖FUNC./SET⋗ () button again to cancel group playback.