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Burst
or Continuous Shooting mode is the digital camera's ability to
take several shots immediately one after another, similar to a
film SLR camera with a motorwind. The speed (number of frames per
second or fps) and total number of frames differs greatly between
camera types and models. The fps is a function of the shutter
release and image processing systems of the camera. The number of
frames that can be taken is defined by the size of the buffer
where images are stored before they are processed (in case of a before
image processing buffer) and written to the storage
card.
The
number of frames per second (fps) and total number of frames that
can be shot in burst mode is continuously improving and is of
course higher as you move from consumer and prosumer digital
compacts to prosumer and professional digital SLRs. Digital
compacts typically allow 1 to 3 fps with bursts of up to about 10
images while digital SLRs have fps of up to 7 or more and can
shoot dozens of frames in JPEG
and RAW. Some
even allow an initial burst of higher fps followed by a slower but
continuous fps until the storage card is full.
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