Rapid Fire with Low ISO in S5IS

[RCrosby]

Hope I can give enough of the right kind of info for folks to help me out here. I'm new to digital photography, and my terminology is doubtless flawed.
I have a S5IS and have been taking nature shots; herons, turtles, osprey, etc. from a small kayak. Typical settings will be at a speed of 1/320 sec and an ISO of 80 or 100. First shots are decent and getting better, but I'm frustrated by the delay before I can take a second shot; especially with some of my bird shots. If I go to sport mode for rapid fire the ISO jumps to 400 and the quality goes down the tubes.
Is there a way to decrease the time between shots without upping the ISO?
Thanks,
Rob

[low orbit]

Gidday.

Unfortunately no.

Your best option, without sacrificing quality is to practice your lead in time for your shots. You'll get better at seeing if a shot works before it actually happens.

Point and shoots are not designed for burst mode shots like DSLRs, and to my knowledge you cannot up the rate on the s5.

Cheers.

[watt100]

Hope I can give enough of the right kind of info for folks to help me out here. I'm new to digital photography, and my terminology is doubtless flawed.
I have a S5IS and have been taking nature shots; herons, turtles, osprey, etc. from a small kayak. Typical settings will be at a speed of 1/320 sec and an ISO of 80 or 100. First shots are decent and getting better, but I'm frustrated by the delay before I can take a second shot; especially with some of my bird shots. If I go to sport mode for rapid fire the ISO jumps to 400 and the quality goes down the tubes.
Is there a way to decrease the time between shots without upping the ISO?
Thanks,
Rob

Yes, you can decrease the shutter time without upping the ISO.
Turn off the auto ISO and move it to 80 or 100. Turn off the shot review (in the main menu). Instead of sports mode learn to use the Tv mode at the appropriate shutter speed or possibly Av mode. Switch to the continuous shooting mode (the button near the shutter release). the fastest time for the S5 is something like 1/2 second between shots.

[RCrosby]

Bob,
A quantum leap forward for me! Thanks.

[Jon]

You can also set "Continuous Shooting" manually when in any of the "advanced" (P, Tv, Av, M) modes. If you set Continuous w/o AF you'll be able to get 1.5 fps; with AF enabled, you'll be down to 0.9 fps. p. 46 of the Advanced S5 UG.

[RCrosby]

Just got back from my even kyaking expedition. Some Canada geese and couple of cormorants cooperated and the 1.5 fps w/o auto focus was sweet!
I'm trying to get as much as I can out of the 2 manuals that came with the camera but it gets a bit overwhelming at times and the extra boost that you folks have provided is greatly appreciated. Down the line I can see that I'll be wanting a nice DSLR and a solid tripod, but for now the S5 in the kyak is a hoot and half.:lol:

[PhotoFranz]

Just got back from my even kyaking expedition. Some Canada geese and couple of cormorants cooperated and the 1.5 fps w/o auto focus was sweet!
:lol:


Any chance we could see some of those shots?