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OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS
■ To record a Short Movie Mode movie
1.
In a REC mode, align the mode dial with “ ”.
• This enters the Short Movie Mode and causes “ ”
to appear on the monitor screen.
2.
Press [SET].
3.
Use [̆] and [̄] to
specify the length of
the past part (the part
before the shutter
button is pressed),
and then press [̈].
• Times can be specified
in one-second units.
• The total short movie
length (past part plus
future part) can be the
range of two seconds to
eight seconds.
• You can specify 0 seconds for the length of the past
part or the future part.
• The length of the past part can be from 0 to five
seconds.
Past part Future part
MOTION PRINT
Recording a Short Movie
(Short Movie Mode)
The Short Movie Mode records a movie of preset length
each time you press the shutter button.
A Short Movie Mode movie consists basically of two parts,
as shown in the illustration below.
• When 4-second past part and 4-second future part is
specified
Store
Stores the
previous
4 seconds.
Recording
of the future
part starts.
Recording stops automatically
4 seconds after the shutter
release button is pressed.
Storage
complete.
Operation ➝
Shutter
Release
Record
Action ➝
You can specify the length of the past part and the future
part independently. The total length of the short movie can
be anywhere from two to eight seconds. A MOTION PRINT
feature (page 140) lets you capture still images from a
short movie as you store it.
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