Nikon D2HS - Manual (Page 56)

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Taking Photographs—Choosing a Shooting Mode
To choose a shooting mode, press the mode dial
lock release and turn the mode dial to the desired
setting.
The Memory Buffer
The camera is equipped with a memory buffer for tem po rary storage, allowing shoot-
ing to continue while photographs are being saved to the memory card. When the
buff er is full, the shut ter is disabled until enough data have been trans ferred to the
mem o ry card to make room for another photograph. In con tin u ous mode, shooting
will con tin ue as long as the shutter-release button is held down, al though the frame
rate will drop once the buffer has fi lled.
While photographs are being recorded to the memory card, the access lamp next to
the memory card slot will light. Depending on the number of the images in the buf-
f er, recording may take from a few seconds to a few minutes. Do not re move the
mem o ry card or re move or dis con nect the power source until the access lamp
has gone out. If the camera is switched off while data remain in the buffer, the power
will not turn off until all images in the buffer have been recorded. To turn the cam-
era off without recording the images in the buffer, press the
button while turning
the camera off (keep the button pressed for at least one second after turning the
camera off). If the battery is exhausted while images remain in the buffer, the shutter
release will be disabled and the images transferred to the memory card.
The approximate time required to write the entire buffer to a 512 MB SanDisk SDCFH
(Ultra II) card is as follows (sensitivity set to ISO 200 equivalent):
Uncompressed NEF (RAW) + JPEG Basic (Large) 48 s (40 frames)
Uncompressed NEF (RAW) 42 s (40 frames)
TIFF RGB (Large) 394 s (39 frames)
JPEG Fine (Large) 13 s (50 frames)
Buffer Size
The number of im ag es that can be stored in the memory
buffer at current set tings is shown in the ex po sure-count
dis plays in the viewfi nder and top con trol pan el while
the shutter-release button is pressed.
d2—Maximum Shots ( 186)
The maximum number of photographs that can be taken in a single burst can be lim-
ited to any amount between one and fi fty.