Continuous shooting mode Question.

From Panasonic DMC-ZS6K

Can anyone interpret this for me I seem to be missing something:

Continuous Shooting Mode:

Full-Resolution Image, 2.3 frames/sec Max. 5 images-Standard, Max 3 images-Fine
High-speed Burst Mode: approx. 6.0 frames/sec-Image
approx. 10 frames/sec-Speed
(recorded in 3M for 4:3, 2.5M for 3:2, 2M for 16:9)

mjHession wrote in post #11441811
From Panasonic DMC-ZS6K

Can anyone interpret this for me I seem to be missing something:

Continuous Shooting Mode:

Full-Resolution Image, 2.3 frames/sec Max. 5 images-Standard, Max 3 images-Fine
High-speed Burst Mode: approx. 6.0 frames/sec-Image
approx. 10 frames/sec-Speed
(recorded in 3M for 4:3, 2.5M for 3:2, 2M for 16:9)

I'm not up on the Panasonic cameras and don't know what they mean by 3M .

Maybe LightRules can help you , he's good on this stuff

I had a friend with one of these cameras that did a high speed burst, what it did was shoot a sequence of shots, all on a single frame. Imagine a single image with 9 evenly divided panels, each containing a sequence shot. For instance if you shot a golf swing you would see the evolution of the motion as it went through each of the panels that comprise the image. In his case it was a total pain in the ass he hit it accidentally and ended up with some very tiny images when he cropped a single panel out.

Try 3 MP, 2.5 MP and 2 MP for the various crops in high speed burst mode. I assume that "Image" priority (6 fps) means that the camera will try to focus between shots; "Speed" priority (10 fps) will be less concerned with maintaining focus.