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Before Use
Basic Guide
Advanced Guide
Camera Basics
Auto Mode / Hybrid
Auto Mode
Other Shooting
Modes
P Mode
Playback Mode
Wi-Fi Functions
Setting Menu
Accessories
Appendix
Index
Before Use
Basic Guide
Advanced Guide
Camera Basics
Auto Mode / Hybrid
Auto Mode
Other Shooting
Modes
P Mode
Playback Mode
Wi-Fi Functions
Setting Menu
Accessories
Appendix
Index
Still Images
Movies
Shooting in Hybrid Auto Mode
You can make a short movie of the day just by shooting still images. The
camera records 2 – 4-second clips of scenes before each shot, which are
later combined in a digest movie.
1
Enter [ ] mode.
z
z
Set the mode switch to [ ].
2
Compose the shot.
z
z
Follow steps 3 – 4 in “Shooting (Smart
Auto)” (
=
26
) to compose the shot and
focus.
z
z
For more impressive digest movies,
aim the camera at subjects about four
seconds before shooting still images.
3
Shoot.
z
z
Follow step 4 in “Shooting (Smart Auto)”
(
=
26
) to shoot a still image.
z
z
The camera records both a still image
and movie clip. The clip, which ends with
the still image and a shutter sound, forms
a single chapter in the digest movie.
•
Battery life is shorter in this mode than in [
] mode, because
digest movies are recorded for each shot.
•
A digest movie may not be recorded if you shoot a still image
immediately after turning the camera on, choosing [ ] mode, or
operating the camera in other ways.
•
Camera operating sounds will be recorded in digest movies.
•
Digest movie quality is [
] and cannot be changed.
•
Sounds are not played when you press the shutter button halfway or trigger
the self-timer (
=
112
).
•
Digest movies are saved as separate movie files in the following cases even if
they were recorded on the same day in [ ] mode.
-
The digest movie file size reaches approximately 4 GB, or the total recording
time reaches approximately 29 minutes and 59 seconds.
-
The digest movie is protected (
=
72
).
-
Daylight saving time (
=
13
) or time zone (
=
113
) settings are changed.
-
A new folder is created (
=
116
).
•
Recorded shutter sounds cannot be modified or erased.
•
If you prefer to record digest movies without still images, adjust the setting in
advance. Choose MENU (
=
22
) ► [
4
] tab ► [Digest Type] ► [No Stills].
•
Individual chapters can be edited (
=
82
).
Digest Movie Playback
Display a still image shot in [ ] mode to play a digest movie, or specify the
date of the digest movie to play (
=
67
).
Still Images/Movies
•
If the camera is turned on while the <
p
> button is held down, the
camera will no longer sound. To activate sounds again, press the
<
n
> button and choose [Mute] on the [
3
] tab, and then press
the <
q
><
r
> buttons to choose [Off].
