OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS

Recording a Short Movie

(Short Movie Mode)

The Short Movie Mode records a movie of preset length each time you press the shutter button.

A Short Movie Mode movie consists basically of two parts, as shown in the illustration below.

To record a Short Movie Mode movie

1.In a REC mode, align the mode dial with “ ”.

This enters the Short Movie Mode and causes “” to appear on the monitor screen.

When 4-second past part and 4-second future part is specified

 

 

Shutter

 

 

 

 

Operation

Release

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Record

 

Store

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Action Stores the

Recording

 

Storage

previous

of the future

 

complete.

4 seconds.

part starts.

 

 

 

 

Recording stops automatically

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4 seconds after the shutter

 

 

 

 

release button is pressed.

You can specify the length of the past part and the future part independently. The total length of the short movie can be anywhere from two to eight seconds. A MOTION PRINT feature (page 140) lets you capture still images from a

2.Press [SET].

3.Use [￿] and [￿] to specify the length of the past part (the part before the shutter

button is pressed), and then press [￿].

Times can be specified in one-second units.

The total short movie length (past part plus future part) can be the range of two seconds to eight seconds.

Past part

Future part

MOTION PRINT

short movie as you store it.

You can specify 0 seconds for the length of the past part or the future part.

The length of the past part can be from 0 to five seconds.

 

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