What do they call the mode on cameras that allows the camera to take a series of

Question:Usually used in sports photography.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Usually used in sports photography.

burst mode

Speed?
Multiple Frames?
Either one of those two.

Called Multi on Canons. There will be an icon that looks like several rectangles stacked on top of each other, representing the camera will take as many shots in succession as it is capable of doing.

In standard single shot mode, there will be an icon of just one rectangle.

I belive these icon symbols are standard across all camera brands.

steve

It's called drive mode on most cameras, after the motor drives that could (can) be fitted to some 35mm film cameras. The icon on all cameras is as described above by Steve.

Chris

It's been called "burst" even going back to motorized film cameras.

If you are using the continuous shutter mode you are bound to miss most your shots.

Sports photography is all in timing, shooting at the peak of action .... not using your camera as a machine gun and hope it gets what you want. That is the sure sign of an amateur with more camera than they can handle

motor drive for film or burst mode for digital