Shutter Type

Choose the type of shutter used in still image mode (0 27).

❚❚Electronic (Hi)

Selecting Electronic (Hi) displays the options shown at right, where you can choose the frame advance rate used when Electronic (Hi) is selected as the shutter type. At frame rates of 30 and 60 fps, focus and exposure are fixed at the values selected for the first frame in each series.

Frame Rate

Choose a frame rate for slow motion movies (0 40). The faster the frame rate, the smaller the frame size.

 

 

 

Option

Frame size (pixels)

Bit rate

Maximum length

Maximum length

 

 

 

(approx.)

(shooting)

(playback)*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

400 fps

640 × 240

1.8 Mbps

5 seconds

1 minute

 

 

 

6 seconds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1200 fps

320 × 120

0.6 Mbps

5 seconds

3 minutes

 

 

 

20 seconds

 

i

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* All figures

are approximate.

Slow motion

movies will play back over a period

 

 

 

of about 13.2 (400 fps) or 40 (1200 fps) times the recording time.

 

 

ASee Also

For information on the total length of movies that can be stored on the memory card, see page 180.

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