Advanced (Playback)

–[TEXT STAMP]/[RESIZE]/[TRIMMING]/ [ASPECT CONV.]

Creating still pictures from a motion picture

You can create a single still picture (with 1 screen or 9 screens) from a recorded motion picture. This is effective in moving scenes when you want to look carefully at the movement of a sportsperson etc.

1 Press 2/1 to select a picture

with a motion picture icon [ ]/

[ ]/[ ]/[ ]/[ ]/

[ ] and then press 4 to play back.

2 Press 3 to pause motion picture playback.

•Press 3 again to return to motion picture playback.

•Press 2/1 while paused to move forward frame-by-frame.

•If you press the shutter button, you can

save the displayed still pictures as one single picture. (Perform step 3)

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∫Saving a single still picture with

9 screens from the motion picture

• Rotate the zoom lever towards [ ] [W] to display the 9 screens playback screen.

WT

A

•Rotate the zoom lever further towards

[ ] [W] to switch to [ ]/[ ]/[ ] (A).

When a motion picture with [ ],

[ ] or [ ] was selected

The recorded motion picture is created using 30 still picture frames per second.

[ ] All the frames of the recorded motion picture are displayed as still pictures (1/30th second intervals)

[ ] 1 frame is skipped/every second frame is displayed as a still picture (1/15th second intervals)

[ ] 2 frames are skipped/every third frame is displayed as a still picture (1/10th second intervals)

[ ] 5 frames are skipped/every sixth frame is displayed as a still picture (1/5th second intervals)

When a motion picture with [ ],

[ ] or [ ] was selected

The recorded motion picture is created using 10 still picture frames per second.

[ ] All the frames of the recorded motion picture are displayed as still pictures (1/10th second intervals)

[ ] 1 frame is skipped/every second frame is displayed as a still picture (1/5th second intervals)

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DMCFZ18, DMCFZ18K specifications

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