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Under what conditions can I shoot at maximum speed using Continuous Shooting or Speed Priority Continuous Shooting?

    The following conditions are required to use Continuous Shooting or Speed Priority Continuous Shooting:

    • Image size: L
    • Quality: Fine
    • Shutter speed: Faster than 1/250 sec.
    • Focus Mode: AF-S. (For NEX-5N: Manual Focus or AF-S)

    Notes:

    • The shooting conditions may vary depending on your camera model.
    • The continuous shooting speed may reduce depending on the subject, camera settings (such as image size, ISO, High ISO Noise Reduction, or when Lens Compensation set to Distortion Compensation is enabled), and the recording media used.

    IMPORTANT:

    • For the ILCE-9, refer here for more information.
    • For the ILCE-9M2, refer here for more information.
    • For the ILCE-9M3, refer here for more information.
    • For the ILCE-1, refer here for more information.
    • For the ILCE-1M2, refer here for more information.
    • For the ILCE-7M5, refer here for more information.