Martin – I used the camera in manual mode most of the time so I could shoot with a high shutter speed to stop motion. And as I remember it shoots 10 frames per second so when I want to capture the action I would just mash the button and rip off a bunch of frames. I don’t remember much of a time lag from the time I pushed the button. I don’t remember the settings as I shot that assignment two years ago and I never owned the camera. I used the highest quality jpeg settings and made sure to have a high enough shutter speed to stop the motion. Also, all of those shots were set up so I could anticipate the action and the athletes would do the tricks over and over in some cases. I don’t remember how you set the camera to take the 10 fps. It is in the manual so I would suggest reading up on that. I don’t remember having to work too hard to get decent images with the camera. My apologies I do not have more info. I will say that I did work up the jpegs in Lightroom to perfect them a bit. I didn’t do too much work on them. Just some levels adjustments and contrast and saturation changes. Hope this helps.