Other Special-purpose Recording Features
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- What can I do with Dramatic Slow Motion?
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Use this feature to record a movie with a dramatic slow motion section. You can configure settings to control the length and timing of the slow motion section.
Procedure 1. Align the mode dial with Dramatic Slow Motion. 2. With the camera pointed at the subject, press the <movie> key. •This will save the action that was pre-recorded before you pressed the <movie> key and start real-time movie recording. •Recording will stop automatically a preset amount of time after the <movie> key is pressed. . Configuring Dramatic Slow Motion Settings You can configure settings to control the length and timing of the slow motion section. 1. Align the mode dial with Dramatic Solw Motion. 2. Press the [SET] key. 3. Use the <up> and <down> keys to select "Dramatic Slow Motion settings" on the control panel, and then press the [SET] key. 4. Use the <up> and <down> keys to select the setting you want to configure, press the <right>, and then use the <up> and the <down> to change the setting. Slow Motion Time : Specifies the length of slow motion section before and after [Movie] key is pressed. ・The length of the slow motion sections of the three settings depends on the movie quality setting. Timing : Specifies the timing of slow motion recording. Pre-Action: Use this setting when you know beforehand when the action will take place. Action: Use this setting to record a specific action as it occurs. Post-Action: Use this setting to record a goal scene or other action right after it happened. 5. Press the [SET] key. NOTE • The slow motion section of the movie can be recorded with a “Movie Quality” setting of “HS120” or “HS240” only . Shooting a Dramatic Slow Motion movie while a movie quality setting other than “HS120” or “HS240” is selected, will cause the slow motion section to be recorded with the “HS120” movie quality setting. • Audio is recorded only for the normal sections of the movie, not for the slow motion section. • The functions below cannot be used in combination with Dramatic Slow Motion recording.
Self-timer, ISO, Make-up• Perform a camera operation (displaying the menu, zoom or focus operation, etc.) while a Dramatic Slow Motion pre-recording operation is in progress will delete the current pre-recorded movie data. After that, you should wait a few seconds to allow accumulation for more pre-recording data before pressing the <movie> key to start recording. Otherwise, the pre-recorded section may be shorter than normal.