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Fast moving subjects and actions, which
cannot be captured under the general
recording conditions, can be recorded in
smooth moving slow-motion (25% slow).
This is useful for recording fast actions
such as a golf or tennis swing.
Press the SMOOTH SLOW REC
button, then the START/STOP
button.
A recording of about 3 seconds is stretched
to about 12 seconds and recorded as a slow-
motion movie.
Recording ends when [Recording...]
disappears from the screen.
To cancel SMOOTH SLOW REC
Press the SMOOTH SLOW REC button or
the MENU button.
To change the timing
You can select when recording starts in
relation to when the SMOOTH SLOW
REC button is pressed.
Press MENU
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select
(CAMERA
SET) menu
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[SMOOTH SLOW REC]
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[REC TIMING]
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a desired setting
with the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial.
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The default setting is [START TRIGGER].
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Notes
• Sounds cannot be recorded.
• The image quality is lower than with the regular
recording.
• You cannot set a slower shutter speed than 1/
215 second.
• The simultaneous recording on the memory card
and the flash memory unit is not available.
• The time of the movie recorded using
SMOOTH SLOW REC is recorded after being
converted to slow-motion, not the time when the
movie is actually shot.
• SMOOTH SLOW REC is not available with
standard definition image quality (SD).
• With SMOOTH SLOW REC, the angle of view
will be narrower by 25 %.
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Tips
• During SMOOTH SLOW REC, the high
definition image quality (HD) recording format
changes to [1080/50i FH]. When you finish
SMOOTH SLOW REC, the normal recording
setting is restored.
• Movies are recorded on the medium selected
with [
REC MEDIA SETTING].
Recording with the SMOOTH
SLOW REC function
[START TRIGGER]*
[END TRIGGER]
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