By Point your camera at a moving subject—a running athlete, a flying bird, your child on a swing—and hold down the shutter button. Watch as your camera fires off frame after frame in rapid succession. This is burst mode, and understanding how well your camera performs this fundamental task can mean the difference between capturing the perfect action shot and missing the moment entirely.
Burst testing reveals two critical performance metrics that manufacturers often obscure in their marketing materials. First, the frames per second rate tells you how many shots your camera can capture in one second, typically ranging from 3 fps in …
