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Burst Mode
The digital camera's equivalent of the film camera's "motor drive," used to take multiple shots within a short period of time.
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Burst (Continuous)
By Vincent Bockaert
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.

Burst mode timing
Professional photographers have always used film-based cameras that were capable of taking several frames in one burst. Often as many as 4 to 5 fps (frames per second). This finished off a roll of film in a couple of seconds.

Starburst Effects
Turning the sun into a starburst can add a special something to a photograph. Making it happen though can seem like blind luck, but there is a secret to increasing your odds.

Zoom burst is a photographic technique, attainable with zoom lenses with a manual zoom ring. The term is sometimes attributed to Peter Bargh in his article Creative zoom bursts technique.

Burst mode - also know as 'continuous shooting mode' allows your DSLR to take multiple shots in quick succession. The speed - in frames per second - and total number of shots varies between DSLRs.

Burst or Drive Mode - Many digital cameras have some type of burst or fast-shooting mode to take a series of photos in quick succession. The capability or performance will vary by camera or model. This is referred to as drive mode in SLRs.

Burst
Burst is a shooting mode in which the camera fires off multiple shots in a short, a staccato fashion, upwards of 4 or 5 frames per second. Burst mode has replaced the motor drive feature on film cameras.
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Burst
Due to bottlenecks in image processing and writing to media digital cameras cannot shoot unlimited numbers of images continuously without frame rate penalties.

Burst mode. The ability of a camera to take one picture after another as long as you hold down the shutter release button.

Burst mode
A special mode for shooting a sequence of images in rapid succession. Also known as continuous .
Depth of field
A measure of the area of an image that is in focus, measured as the depth from the focal point of the image.

Burst Mode
The ability to rapidly capture images as long as the shutter button is held down.
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Burst Mode. Also know as continuous mode or "Auto wind" on older SLR's. However, today's Digital SLR's have bust modes of up to 8 frames per second. Great for sports and action shots.

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Burst mode
Another term for sequence mode or continuous shooting.

Bursting Strength: The amount of uniformily applied pressure required to rupture a sheet of paper or corrugated product.

bursting strength
the pressure required to rupture paper or fabric in an instrument such as a Mullen tester or Scott ball burst machine under specified conditions, expressed in pounds per square inch.

Burst Rate
The number of consecutive images a digital camera can capture continuously before filling the buffer memory.
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Burst images
A series of images taken in rapid succession, captured at a preset speed. Burst images are usually used to capture a person or object in motion.

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It’s a drag when this happens in your building. Thankfully, it was just relegated to the slide.

Burst Mode
Cameras with large buffer memories can take shots continuously to the buffer capacity, hence a "burst" of pictures.
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Â- Burst Mode: Continuous mode, often called burst mode, lets you press and hold a camera's shutter button to capture a series of shots in rapid succession. This mode is great for recording action scenes, high-energy kids, and pets.

Starburst filters. These are simple glass filters with crosshatched lines engraved into them.

10 fps burst shooting mode at full resolution.
ISO range of 100-3200.
Optical SteadyShot with Active Mode which cuts camera-shake while you’re shooting handheld HD video.

How has burst photography changed the way we perceive action?
Did you know some cameras can shoot up to 60 still frames per second or movies at 1,200 frames per second?

A burst of light used to illuminate a photographic subject so that the image may be recorded on film.

Sorry to burst everyone's bubble, but this is a doctored photo. I'm a professional retoucher and restorer, and while the job was well done, a few clues were left to indicate that those people weren't on the street when the shot was taken.

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- Start with a bright, low-in-the-sky sun. Then, compose the scene so just a small piece of the sun peeks around a building, monument, tree, or other object.

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I'm sure that the majority of water splash shots are taken using burst mode.

Create a zoom burst image in Photoshop
Make your images more explosive. Recreate zoom burst effects to keep your subject sharp while dramatically blurring the…
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SHOOT A ZOOMBURST
With the camera fixed to a solid tripod, try operating the zoom barrel during a long exposure of a second or more.

When I shoot in burst mode I get a print of small pictures. How do I print a single picture? Or do I just have to crop out the part I want to print?

Shooting Modes * Burst, or Continuous Shooting, Mode
This setting automatically trips the shutter, so you can capture a series of related images that tell a story.
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continuous mode, burst mode, sequential mode
Continuous mode (also called burst or sequential mode) is the camera mode whereby the images are taken immediately one after another.

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Check the yard for items and areas that permit the pooling of water. Water is the chief attractant for mosquitoes whose larvae develop in stagnant water.

Shooting AEB in the burst mode is a LOT quicker than shooting an image, chimping on the LCD, changing exposure and reshooting. Shooting the three bracketed shots in burst mode is almost instantaneous.

Fill-in is a technique which requires a small burst of flash, even in bright, sunny circumstances. In fact, it is most often used where there is a big contrast between very bright highlights and deep shadows.

Although many cameras now have a burst feature (where the camera can take multiple images within a second if the shutter button is held down), this feature is not always a good choice with action photography.

Slow sync fires a short burst of flash during a longer exposure to freeze objects while still allowing them to blur.
In very dim light, flash pictures show a well exposed foreground subject against a black background.

A small device usually built into digital cameras that emits a brief burst of light to illuminate poorly lit scenes. Light source based on electrical discharge across two electrodes in a gas-filled tube.

Camera manufacturers have introduced the feature of multi burst to help the users. In this mode the camera takes multiple exposures per second in a hope to capture that perfect moment.

Compared to DSLR's they are really sluggish, especially in burst (sequence) mode or when shooting RAW. Combine these two shooting modes and you may have enough time to make a phone call while you wait! ...

Put your camera on continuous shooting and just hold the shutter down for a burst of shots as you work to find focus. You'll almost always find that at least one of these shots will be perfectly focused.

A strobe can have an external sensor that reads when the camera's flash goes off, and that burst of light can trigger the slave strobe to fire.

Burst rate is important in wildlife and sports photography where fast recycle time is essential. Digital cameras "write" the image file which can take a few seconds to do. Top end cameras solve this problem by adding RAM to the camera.

Modern SLRs have large internal frame buffers, allowing us to shoot burst rates exceeding the writing speed of our memory cards. The camera then writes the pictures to the memory card from its internal frame buffer memory.

A small aperture such as F8 will make the burst trails thin and dark, whereas a larger aperture such as F2.8 will make them thicker and lighter. Whether to record the trails as thin or thick is a matter of preference.

With very fast shutter speeds the opening between 1st and 2nd curtain is never as large as the whole film so a single flash burst would lead to a partially unexposed film.

For handheld shots, the simplest method is to set your ISO to 400 or 800, wait for a burst, aim and fire.

Shoot in a continuous burst.
With subjects talking and laughing, it's difficult to catch a flattering expression.

This is a short burst of light, typically lasting 1/1000s or so. The amount of light which can be emitted is controlled by the size of the flash tube and the energy of the discharge.

If you want to shoot lots of pictures in quick succession (burst mode), and if your camera can shoot very large pictures very fast, you might need a fast card to be able to record these pictures as they're being taken.

Many photographers use their equipment in short intensive bursts, such as a week's live aboard trip, or regularly for a few months during a summer diving season.

Use a forced or "fill" flash so that your camera’s flash bursts despite the fact that there is enough light in the sunset itself (which is why the camera will not flash in automatic in such a situation).

When trying to time a fireworks burst for the best exposure, you might need some trial and error. However, it usually works best to open the shutter when you hear the shell launch into the air. Try to keep the shutter open for the entire burst.

Using the flash as main light means that the majority of the scene is lit by the flash's burst of light. Fill flash is used to fill in shadows or areas that would be rendered too dark without additional light.

Later bulb designs incorporated plastic coatings, to try to prevent bulb bursts - or at least contain the broken glass. These coatings were usually coloured blue - to give a colour temperature closer to daylight for use with colour film.

Another limitation is the M9’s modest burst rate of 2 frames-per-sec for a maximum of 8-10 images.

It has a brief, intense burst of light, usually used where the lighting on the scene is inadequate for picture-taking. They are generally considered to have the same photographic effect as daylight.

The fan page for Spanish apparel brand Desigual is bursting with color, freshness and style. It is versatile, with various types of promotional and entertaining content, yet not overwhelming.

Flash is a very fast burst of light used by a photographer to brighten a scene or area of a scene.

See also: Image, Photograph, Light, Camera, Focus