Basics

Viewing motion pictures

This camera was designed to play motion pictures using the AVCHD, MP4 and QuickTime Motion JPEG formats.

Select a picture with the motion picture icon, and then press

Playback starts.

Recording time

Motion picture icon (differs depending on the recording mode and picture quality setting)

Operations during motion picture playback

: Pause/play

: Stop

: Fast rewind (2 steps1)/Single-frame rewind (while paused)

: Fast forward (2 steps1)/Single-frame forward (while paused)

[MENU/SET]: Extracting still pictures from motion pictures (while paused) (→49)

1 The fast forward or rewind speed increases if you press again.

••You can also perform these operations with the control dial.

Fast rewind (2 steps2)/ Single-frame rewind (while paused)

Fast forward (2 steps2)/ Single-frame forward (while paused)

2 The fast forward or rewind speed increases if you turn the control dial again.

••If is pressed during fast forward or rewind, it will return to normal playback speed. ••The volume can be adjusted with the zoom lever.

●●It may not be possible to properly play back the motion pictures recorded using other cameras.

●●Some information will not be displayed for motion pictures recorded in [AVCHD].

●●Motion pictures can be viewed on your computer using the available software (→209). ●●With camera models 18 484/-487/-488/-491

Motion pictures recorded with [Miniature Effect] in [Creative Control] Mode play back at approximately 8x speed.

●●With camera models 18 485/-486/-489/-490

Motion pictures recorded with [Miniature Effect] in [Creative Control] Mode play back at approximately 10x speed.

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