On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:30:43 -0500, lid
(SebNoker) wrote:

I have a canon a30 right now. I think thats what it was called anyway.
Question, is there a setting that allows me to take pictures, or i
mean individual pictures faster, and not just for the canon, i have a
fuji as well?
Now, i push the button and have to wait 5-10 seconds to take another
one, with flash or without, is there a setting so you can take
pictures one after another, or is that to do with the technics of the
camera itself so need to get a new camera?

The A30 camera has a "Continuous Shooting" mode on that can shoot 2.5 frames per
second. Most all P&S cameras have that option on them, your Fuji camera probably
does too. Some are faster, some slower than that frame-rate. When you select
that option you just hold down the shutter button and it will take one picture
every 0.4 seconds, non-stop, until you release the shutter button. Unlike dslrs
that only shoot a few frames before they have to dump all the images to their
memory card and you end up waiting while losing important shots. Not to mention
making an obnoxious sound like a Gatling-gun going off while it's taking images.
Your P&S cameras are totally silent.

You can also speed up the shooting from single shot to single shot by going into
your camera's menus and turning off the "Review" time-delay. The "Review"
setting displays the last photo you took for a selected amount of seconds after
you release the shutter. It's annoying to leave that turned on. If you want to
see the image you just took hold down the shutter button after you take the
image. This way you can manually control how long you want to review your last
image without being interrupted if you need to shoot another image immediately.


You don't need a dslr. Ignore the replies that suggested that as your only
solution. They're ignorant trolls and idiots, as they've just proved to the
world, yet again.