Solution
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.
The procedure for shooting in Hybrid Auto Mode is explained below.
1. Press the ⋖Power⋗ button to turn the camera on.
2. Set the mode dial to ⋖
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3. Compose the shot.
To zoom in and enlarge the subject, move the zoom lever toward ⋖
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⋗ (telephoto), and to zoom away from the subject, move it toward ⋖
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⋗ (wide angle). (A zoom bar showing the zoom position is displayed, along with the area in focus.)
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Zoom Bar
Focus Range (approx.)
4. Focus.
Press the shutter button halfway. The camera beeps twice after focusing, and AF frames are displayed to indicate image areas in focus.
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Several AF frames are displayed when multiple areas are in focus.
For more impressive digest movies, aim the camera at subjects about four seconds before shooting still images.
If [Raise the flash] appears on the screen, move the [
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] switch to raise the flash. It will fire when shooting. If you prefer not to use the flash, push it down with your finger, into the camera.
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5. Press the shutter button all the way down to shoot.
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As the camera shoots, a shutter sound is played, and in low-light conditions when you have raised the flash, it fires automatically.
After displaying your shot, the camera will revert to the shooting screen.
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.
Caution
Battery life is shorter in this mode than in [
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] 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 [
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] mode, or operating the camera in other ways.
Sounds and vibration caused by camera operation will be recorded in digest movies.
Caution
Digest movie quality is [
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] and cannot be changed.
Sounds are not played when you press the shutter button halfway or trigger the self-timer.
Digest movies are saved as separate movie files in the following cases even if they were recorded on the same day in ⋖
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⋗ mode.
- The digest movie file size reaches approximately 4 GB, or the total recording time reaches approximately 13 minutes and 20 seconds.
- The digest movie is protected.
- Daylight saving time or time zone settings are changed.
- A new folder is created.
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⋗ ⋗ [
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] tab ⋗ [Digest Type] ⋗ [No Stills].
Individual chapters can be edited.